Difference between revisions of "Noam Chomsky"
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| − | Noam Chomsky advocates the view that the human brain has innate ability to generate gramatical sentences, thus all utterances which is deemed sensical to the speaker is necessarily grammatical, and the only role the liguist plays is to decipher its grammatical structure. This view has been criticized by many linguists as [[ | + | Noam Chomsky advocates the view that the human brain has innate ability to generate gramatical sentences, thus all utterances which is deemed sensical to the speaker is necessarily grammatical, and the only role the liguist plays is to decipher its grammatical structure. This view has been criticized by many linguists as [[nihilism|nihilistic]] in that it rejects the notion of ungrammatical sentences. |
== Further Readings == | == Further Readings == | ||
Revision as of 06:48, May 16, 2007
Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is a extreme socialist linguist who is best known for his writings on politics. He is an institute professor & professor of linguistics (Emeritus) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology or MIT[1].
He has always been extremely critical of America and Israel and sympathizes with Palestinians and terrorist organizations such as Hamas and Hezbollah. He has also been criticized for anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial[2].
Linguistic Works
Generative Grammar
Noam Chomsky advocates the view that the human brain has innate ability to generate gramatical sentences, thus all utterances which is deemed sensical to the speaker is necessarily grammatical, and the only role the liguist plays is to decipher its grammatical structure. This view has been criticized by many linguists as nihilistic in that it rejects the notion of ungrammatical sentences.
Further Readings
- The Chomsky Hoax by Paul Bogdanor
- An Intellectual Crook by Oliver Kamm
- Chomsky's New Blood Libel by Alan Dershowitz