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Noam Avram Chomsky is one of the central figures of modern linguistics. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 7, 1928 (Lasnik, H , Lohndal, T, 2017). https://oxfordre.com/linguistics/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780199384655.001.0001/acrefore-9780199384655-e-356
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Chomsky’s earliest work was concerned with the formal nature of grammars, he soon turned towards more general issues ( Lasnik, H, Lohndal, T, 2017). https://oxfordre.com/linguistics/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780199384655.001.0001/acrefore-9780199384655-e-356
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In the 1960s phrase structure grammars were developed into what is known as the Standard Theory, which transformed into the Extended Standard Theory and X-bar theory in the 1970s (Howard, L, Lohndal, T, 2017). https://oxfordre.com/linguistics/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780199384655.001.0001/acrefore-9780199384655-e-356
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In 1988, he was awarded the Kyoto Prize in basic science, created in 1984 in order to recognize work in areas not included among the Nobel Prizes (Lasnik H, Lohndal T, 2017). https://oxfordre.com/linguistics/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780199384655.001.0001/acrefore-9780199384655-e-356
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The best known Noam Chomsky contribution to psychology is the concept of universal grammar, which states that language is innate, or inborn, instead of learned, as is believed in behaviorism theory (https://study.com/learn/lesson/noam-chomsky-psychology-contributions-differences.html). https://study.com/learn/lesson/noam-chomsky-psychology-contributions-differences.html https://youtu.be/ZpzrIljG7hU?si=y_EpY21UYQHXVvIm