Essays on Noam Chomsky

Human evolution has been a notion that has caused some heated debate globally. Different philosophers, such as Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer have contributed to the evolution aspect, by trying to explain various theories that outline the evolution of human beings. Charles Darwin was an influential British naturalist and geologist,...

Avram Noam Chomsky Avram Noam Chomsky is an American cognitive scientist, a linguist, historian, political activist, and a social critic. Having being born in December 1928 to a middle-class Jewish immigrant family in Philadelphia, he went through his studies at the University of Pennsylvania with interest in linguistics, philosophy, and mathematics....

Chomsky's Linguistics: A Theory of Language Structure Chomsky's linguistics is a theory of language structure based on the idea that humans are "ideal speakers." Chomsky says that these ideal speakers are rarely mistaken and that their linguistic competence is given in the human mind. This theory was a major step forward...

Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky was an American philosopher, cognitive scientist, and linguist. He was also a political activist and social critic. He is often called the father of modern linguistics. He also developed the concept of cognitive science. His theories have influenced all areas of human life. Chomsky hierarchy The Chomsky hierarchy is...