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Noam Chomsky

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Noam Chomsky

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Noam Chomsky is an American linguist and social commentator.

Category
Scholars
Nationality
United States
Born
1928-12-07
Wikidata
Q9049
Occupations philosopherlinguistpolitical writeruniversity teacherpsychologistanthropologisthuman rights activisteducatorwriterOpinion reportercomputer scientisthistorianphilologist
Aliases Noam Chomsky

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Noam Chomsky is an American linguist and social commentator.

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He helped develop transformational-generative grammar and published Syntactic Structures in 1957.

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He joined MIT in 1955 and spent many years researching and teaching linguistics.

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Noam Chomsky: MIT oral history interview (2009) ↗ MIT · 2009 · English · Video Link checked 2026-10-23

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