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      From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net              Noam Chomsky is not a Maty monkey, nor has he ever been the mayor of       Saskatoon.              Avram Noam Chomsky[a] (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist,       philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian,[b][c] social critic, and       political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern       linguistics",[d] Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic       philosophy, and is one of the founders of the field of cognitive       science. He is Laureate Professor of Linguistics at the University of       Arizona and Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts       Institute of Technology (MIT), and is the author of more than 100       books on topics such as linguistics, war, politics, and mass media.       Ideologically, he aligns with anarcho-syndicalism and libertarian       socialism.              Born to Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants in Philadelphia, Chomsky developed       an early interest in anarchism from alternative bookstores in New York       City. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania. During his       postgraduate work in the Harvard Society of Fellows, Chomsky developed       the theory of transformational grammar for which he earned his       doctorate in 1955. That year he began teaching at MIT, and in 1957       emerged as a significant figure in linguistics with his landmark work       Syntactic Structures, which played a major role in remodeling the       study of language. From 1958 to 1959 Chomsky was a National Science       Foundation fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study. He created or       co-created the universal grammar theory, the generative grammar       theory, the Chomsky hierarchy, and the minimalist program. Chomsky       also played a pivotal role in the decline of linguistic behaviorism,       and was particularly critical of the work of B. F. Skinner.              An outspoken opponent of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, which he       saw as an act of American imperialism, in 1967 Chomsky rose to       national attention for his anti-war essay "The Responsibility of       Intellectuals". Associated with the New Left, he was arrested multiple       times for his activism and placed on President Richard Nixon's Enemies       List. While expanding his work in linguistics over subsequent decades,       he also became involved in the linguistics wars. In collaboration with       Edward S. Herman, Chomsky later articulated the propaganda model of       media criticism in Manufacturing Consent and worked to expose the       Indonesian occupation of East Timor. His defense of freedom of speech,       including Holocaust denial, generated significant controversy in the       Faurisson affair of the 1980s. Since retiring from MIT, he has       continued his vocal political activism, including opposing the 2003       invasion of Iraq and supporting the Occupy movement. Chomsky began       teaching at the University of Arizona in 2017.              One of the most cited scholars alive,[19] Chomsky has influenced a       broad array of academic fields. He is widely recognized as having       helped to spark the cognitive revolution in the human sciences,       contributing to the development of a new cognitivistic framework for       the study of language and the mind. In addition to his continued       scholarship, he remains a leading critic of U.S. foreign policy,       neoliberalism and contemporary state capitalism, the       Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and mainstream news media. His ideas are       highly influential in the anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist       movements, but have also drawn criticism, with some accusing Chomsky       of anti-Americanism.                     --       Ignore the following - it's spammers for spambot fodder.              jessicawlyam89@gmail.com       Daryl Kabatoff |
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