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== Background ==

== Background ==

Chomsky was born '''Avram Noam Chomsky''' in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of William Chomsky, a [[Russia]]n immigrant, and Elsie Simonofsky Chomsky.  His parents both practiced Judaism.  His father taught [[Hebrew]], and published a scholarly edition of a medieval Hebrew grammar.<ref>http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/abcde/chomsky_noam.html</ref>.  He received his education at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] where he studied linguistics, mathematics, and philosophy, and eventually earned his Ph. D. in 1955.  Since then, he has taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  He previously held the Ferrari P. Ward Chair of Modern Language and Linguistics, and is now an Institute Professor.

Chomsky was born '''Avram Noam Chomsky''' in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of William Chomsky, a [[Russia]]n immigrant, and Elsie Simonofsky Chomsky.  His parents both practiced [[Judaism]].  His father taught [[Hebrew]], and published a scholarly edition of a medieval Hebrew grammar.<ref>http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/abcde/chomsky_noam.html</ref>.  He received his education at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] where he studied linguistics, mathematics, and philosophy, and eventually earned his Ph. D. in 1955.  Since then, he has taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  He previously held the Ferrari P. Ward Chair of Modern Language and Linguistics, and is now an Institute Professor.

==Linguistic Works==

==Linguistic Works==