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Born
Avram Noam Chomsky was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -
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Education
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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MIT
Chomsky began at MIT in the Research Laboratory of Electronics
- Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics
- Institute professor -
Syntactic Structures
"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
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Theory of Transformational Grammar
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 -
The Responsibility of Intellectuals
Anti-War essay during the Vietnam War -
Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies
"...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."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Chomsky -
Retired
Chomsky retired from MIT -
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University of Arizona
Teaches short-term politics
part-time professor in linguistic department -
Declaration of Common Language
"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/