Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Linguistics Theory
1928, Philadelphia, United States
United States
Noam Chomsky is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Linguistics Theory
Chomsky's 1957 Syntactic Structures introduced transformational-generative grammar, arguing that human language rests on an innate, universal grammatical faculty; the work reoriented linguistics and cognitive science. Born to Ashkenazi Jewish immigrant parents — his father William was a noted Hebrew-language scholar — Chomsky is Jewish. He later became one of the world's most cited public intellectuals.
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Source: Transformational grammar
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Linguistics Theory
Source: Transformational grammar
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