Avram Noam Chomsky, born on December 7, 1928, is an American intellectual, philosopher, linguist, political activist and social critic, sometimes called the father of modern linguistics and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He is a laureate professor of linguistics at the University of Arizona and an institute professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During his postgraduate work in the Harvard Society of Fellows he developed the theory of transformational grammar, for which he earned his doctorate in 1955, and in 1957 he emerged as a significant figure in linguistics with his work Syntactic Structures.
Connections
Theories and Approaches Developed
Source Innateness Hypothesis (Wikipedia)
Source Poverty of the stimulus (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
Same As
Also in Language Atlas: the same subject.
Also in Philosophy Atlas: the same subject.
Also in Science Atlas: the same subject.
Nationality
Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.
Sources
Wikipedia: Noam Chomsky
Innateness Hypothesis (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationTheories and Approaches Developed: Innateness Hypothesis, BodyQuote, Theories and Approaches Developed: Innateness Hypothesis, Body
Chomsky's innateness hypothesis contradicts the belief by John Locke that our knowledge, including language, cannot be innate and is instead derived from experience.
Poverty of the stimulus (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationTheories and Approaches Developed: Poverty of the Stimulus, LeadQuote, Theories and Approaches Developed: Poverty of the Stimulus, Lead
The term "poverty of the stimulus" was coined by Noam Chomsky in Rules and Representations, 1980.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.