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Manufacture of Consent
===Universal Grammar===
===Universal Grammar===
Noam Chomsky also proposed the theory that a kind of universal grammar, a grammar that underlies all human languages, is hard-wired in the human brain. Thus all human languages are fundamentally the same, with only superficial differences.
Noam Chomsky also proposed the theory that a kind of universal grammar, a grammar that underlies all human languages, is hard-wired in the human brain. Thus all human languages are fundamentally the same, with only superficial differences.
===Manufacture of Consent===
Chomsky is highly critical of [[Walter Lippmann]] and [[Edward Bernays]], both of whom wrote about the "Manufacture of Consent"(Bernays uses the phrase "the engineering of consent")<ref name="Manufacturing">{{cite book|last1=Chomsky|first1=Noam|last1=Herman|first1=Edward S.|title=Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media|date=2011|publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group|isbn=978-0375714498|pages=lix-lxii}}</ref>. Particularly Lippmann, whom Chomsky begins the preface criticizing<ref name="Manufacturing" />.
===Criticism===
===Criticism===
Both the theory of universal grammar as well as generative grammar have been criticized over time. A primary argument is that the majority of Chomsky's studies are based in English, and do not represent "human language" as a whole. Linguist Geoffrey Sampson suggests that the core of his arguments are not scientifically falsifiable, and therefore hold no more weight than mere opinion or conjecture. Sampson follows that Chomsky does not seem to be able to make predictions of what is possible in a language.
Both the theory of universal grammar as well as generative grammar have been criticized over time. A primary argument is that the majority of Chomsky's studies are based in English, and do not represent "human language" as a whole. Linguist Geoffrey Sampson suggests that the core of his arguments are not scientifically falsifiable, and therefore hold no more weight than mere opinion or conjecture. Sampson follows that Chomsky does not seem to be able to make predictions of what is possible in a language.