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Politics
Chomsky's interest in politics started when he was still at the University of Pennsylvania. He was considering dropping out for the purpose to pursue politics. He was pushed towards linguistics and that is where his politics stem from. Chomsky got pulled into politics more when he acquired funding from the military for his language research. Being an anarchist this brings controversy, and he had to prove himself. He needed to keep his stances consistence between language and politics. -
Linguistics
Chomsky studied language development through children. He believed that an infant has the innate ability for language skills that would need developed. This goes to include accents. An accent must be taught while a child is still young otherwise it would be like a
person who is not native to that language. Chomsky's theories of linguistic is what's called "generative". Meaning with certain parameters that are in us we are able to create new sentences or phrases, to say things in our own words. -
Awards 1971-2011
Guggenheim Fellowship (1971)
APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology (1984)
Orwell Award (1987, 1989)
Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences (1988)
Helmholtz Medal (1996)
Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science (1999)
Sydney Peace Prize (2011) -
Libertarian Anarchist
Chomsky is known as political activist in America. His beliefs are more about US's foreign policies and how they are destroying us, how politicians are dangerous and manipulative, and media manipulates the people. He doesn't believe in no government or chaos,but believes that we (the US) should not get involved and "pay attention to our own crimes". Through this video he keeps asking what " the just cause is" for our military actions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Leay8-VGFM&feature=youtu.be -
Present Day
Chomsky has a website specifically for his works that continue to build. This site also has discussions and videos uploaded so one can see his many talks and debates. He has had a number of interviews on his views of linguistics and politics. Being raised in a Jewish family Chomsky refers to his religion a number of times especially in his political talks of the wars and US military endeavors across the world. His website is called chomsky.info. -
Sources
- McGilvray, James A. “Noam Chromsky.” Encylcopedia Brittannica, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Noam-Chomsky, Encylcopedia Brittannica, 2018. accessed 03/04/2019
- Kreisler, Harry. “Activism, Anarchism, and Power.” Chomsky.info, Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley, 22 Mar. 2002, chomsky.info/. 3.Knight, Chris. “Noam Chomsky: Politics or Science?” What Next? Marxist Discussion Journal , vol. 26, 2003, pp. 17–29.
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Major Works
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