Rudolf rocker noam chomsky biography
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Noam Chomsky
Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, ) is an Americanlinguist, philosopher, political activist, author, and lecturer.
Rudolf rocker noam chomsky biography
He was an Institute Professor and professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Linguistics
[change | change source]Chomsky created the theory of generative grammar. This is one of the most important contributions to the field of linguistics made in the 20th century.
He also helped start the cognitive revolution in psychology through his review of B. F. Skinner's Verbal Behavior.
Rudolf rocker noam chomsky biography summary
He challenged the behaviorist way of looking at behavior and language. This was the main approach used in the s. His natural approach to the study of language also changed the philosophy of language and mind. He also invented the Chomsky hierarchy, a way of looking at formal languages in terms of their power to explain language.
According to the Arts and Humanities Citation Index in , Chomsky was cited as a source more often than a