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This book crated out of lecture notes, was written to create a "formalized theory of linguistic structure". Even though it contained extreme ideas it was widely accepted by the community. later it was scrutinized for holes in the theory.
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Chomsky was nominated as the Plenary speaker for the 9th International Congress of Linguistics. This is an internal achievement decided by his peers.He was one of only handful that year.
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"The Theory of Generative Grammer" gave birth to cognitive science. He push the notion that language was it just a learned behavior, there was a neurological affect. This award was a symbol of the revolution that was occurring in linguistics.
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"for his contributions to the world of linguistics and their effects on computer science, and insight into human thought process." - Franklin Institute. His breakthroughs, or a huge advancement in computer languages. He created an entire hierarchy for computer-based languages and their grammar. The levels ranged from 0-3 and effectively categorized them.
