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Naom Chomsky Born 7 December 1928
Naom Chomsky's theory of Linguistics:
Naom's theory of linguistics states that "the principles underpinning the structure of language are biologically present in the human mind and hence genetically inherited" (Lasnik and Terje, 2017).
According to Chomsky, all human languages share a common underlying linguistic structure irrespective of their social-cultural life.
Work Cited:
Lasnik, Howard, and Terje Lohndal. "Noam Chomsky." Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics. 2017. -
Naom Chomsky Born 7 December 1928
Naom Chomsky's theory of linguistics rejects the concept postulated by John Locke that a human mind is a blank state. It also rejects the work of B. F. Skinner, that the behavior in humans was a completely learned product from an organism's interactions with the world and other organisms (Nefdt, 2019). Work Cited
Nefdt, Ryan M. "Linguistics as a science of structure." Form and formalism in linguistics (2019): 175. -
Naom Chomsky Born 7 December 1928
According to Chomsky, language is innate and the visible difference are due to parameters developed over time in our brains. This explains why children are able to learn different languages more easily than adults (Friederici et al., 714).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cgpfw4z8cw
Chomsky contributions to linguistics:
He made a contribution through 'The Chomsky Hierarchy'
This hierarchy involves the division of grammar into groups moving either up or down in their expressive abilities. -
Naom Chomsky Born 7 December 1928
The Chomsky Hierarchy provides insight to the field of modern psychology and philosophy on human nature and how we express information (Barman, 104).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdUbIlwHRkY
Works Cited
Barman, Binoy. "The linguistic philosophy of Noam Chomsky." Philosophy and Progress (2014): 103-122.
Friederici, Angela D., et al. "Language, mind and brain." Nature Human Behaviour 1.10 (2017): 713-722.
