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'''Noam Chomsky''' (born December 7, 1928) is a libertarian 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<ref>http://web.mit.edu/linguistics/people/faculty/chomsky/index.html</ref>.   

'''Noam Chomsky''' (born December 7, 1928) is a libertarian 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<ref>http://web.mit.edu/linguistics/people/faculty/chomsky/index.html</ref>.   

[[Image:ScandalousHegemony.jpg|thumb|The cover of Chomsky's latest book]]

[[Image:ScandalousHegemony.jpg|thumb|The cover of Chomsky's latest book]]

He has always been very critical of [[America]]n and [[Israel]]i foreign policy and sympathizes with [[Palestine|Palestinians]] and, according to his opponents, terrorist organizations such as [[Hamas]] and [[Hezbollah]].  He has also been criticized for [[anti-Semitism]] and [[Holocaust]] despite the fact that he is Jewish himself. denial<ref>http://www.jbooks.com/interviews/index/IP_Dershowitz.htm</ref>.

He has always been very critical of [[America]]n and [[Israel]]i foreign policy and sympathizes with [[Palestine|Palestinians]] and, according to his opponents, terrorist organizations such as [[Hamas]] and [[Hezbollah]].  He has also been criticized for [[anti-Semitism]] and [[Holocaust]] denail despite the fact that he is [[Jewish]] himself.<ref>http://www.jbooks.com/interviews/index/IP_Dershowitz.htm</ref>.

His opponents accuse him of expressing admiration for governmental systems such as the Soviet Union, Chinese and Cambodian governments which are characterized by central control, xenophobia, and rejection of free expression in all its forms. Chomsky counters that he is merely pointing out the West's own crimes and not condoning authoritarian governments that the West opposes. Chomsky identifies himself as a libertarian-socialist who is opposed to both neoliberalism and authoritarianism. <ref>http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=19446</ref>

His opponents accuse him of expressing admiration for governmental systems such as the Soviet Union, Chinese and Cambodian governments which are characterized by central control, xenophobia, and rejection of free expression. Chomsky counters that he is merely pointing out the West's own crimes and not condoning authoritarian governments that the West opposes. Chomsky identifies himself as a libertarian-socialist who is opposed to both neoliberalism and authoritarianism. <ref>http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=19446</ref>

==Linguistic Works==

==Linguistic Works==

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 should play 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.

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 should play 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.

===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.  This theory of universal grammar has been criticized by linguist Geoffrey Sampson as being not falsifiable, arguing that the grammatical generalizations made are simply observations about existing languages and not predictions about what is possible in a language.  To this day, the search for such universal grammar has been fruitless.

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.  This theory of universal grammar has been criticized by linguist Geoffrey Sampson as being not falsifiable, arguing that the grammatical generalizations made are simply observations about existing languages and not predictions about what is possible in a language.  To this day, the search for such universal grammar has been fruitless.