Noam Chomsky biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Noam Chomsky

Author Name:

Noam Chomsky

Born As:

Avram Noam Chomsky

Other Names:

Born:

7 Dec 1928

Died:





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Linguist, Philosopher, Atheist, Human Rights Activist, Author and Lecturer                          
Notable ideas:

Generative grammar, universal grammar, transformational grammar, government and binding, X-bar theory, Chomsky hierarchy, context-free grammar, principles and parameters, the minimalist program, language acquisition device, poverty of the stimulus, Chomsky-Schützenberger theorem, Chomsky Normal Form, propaganda model.                                              
Mother Elsie Simonofsky
Father William Chomsky
Married in 1949 - Carol Schatz - two daughters Aviva and Diane and son Harry.                                              
Institute Professor and Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Credited with the creation of the theory of generative grammar, considered to be one of the most significant contributions to the field of linguistics made in the 20th century.


Honorary Degrees:

University of London
University of Chicago
Loyola University of Chicago
Swarthmore College
University of Delhi
Bard College
University of Massachusetts
University of Pennsylvania
Georgetown University
Amherst College
University of Cambridge
University of Buenos Aires
McGill University
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Columbia University
Villanova University
University of Connecticut
University of Maine
Scuola Normale Superiore
University of Western Ontario
University of Toronto
Harvard University
Universidad de Chile
University of Bologna
Universidad de la Frontera
University of Calcutta
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Santo Domingo Institute of Technology
Uppsala University
University of Athens
University of Cyprus                                              
The first article Noam Chomsky wrote was at age 10,