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Avram Noam Chomsky was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Noam Chomsky attended Harvard University as a PH. D student
He was selected as a member of The Society of Fellows, reserved for individuals who have the potential to advance academic Wisdom
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Chomsky began at MIT in the Research Laboratory of Electronics
- Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics
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"Colorless green ideas sleep furiously" used as an example of a grammatically correct sentence with no meaning. Argued for the independence of syntax ... studying sentence structures from the study of meaning (semantics)
Had significant impact in the study of knowledge, mind, and mental process
Due to publication Chomsky became recognized as a founder of sociobiology. -
Theory was developed during his attendance in Harvard.
Transformation Grammar is a form of language analysis that defines a relationship with the different elements in the sentence.
Rejected that each language is different from the other.
https://m.mu.edu.sa/sites/default/files/content-files/1415467369.9782%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A9%20%D9%84%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AD%D9%88.pdf -
Anti-War essay during the Vietnam War
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"...suggests that a worthwhile democracy requires that its citizens undertake intellectual self-defense against the media and elite intellectual culture that seeks to control them."
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Chomsky retired from MIT
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Teaches short-term politics
part-time professor in linguistic department -
"The Declaration states that the politics of emphasizing minute differences in varieties of what is basically the same language have brought on a series of negative developments in the four countries, where strongly insisting on these differences became a criteria for ethnic affiliation and a tool for expressing political loyalty."
https://hr.n1info.com/english/news/a290410-noam-chomsky-signs-declaration-on-the-common-language/