Short Structured Biography: Noam Chomsky Full Name: Avram Noam Chomsky
Born: December 7, 1928
Nationality: American
Profession: Linguist, cognitive scientist, political theorist, philosopher, activist
Affiliations:
Professor Emeritus at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Laureate Professor of Linguistics at University of Arizona
Areas of Expertise Linguistics: Founder of generative grammar, particularly the Chomsky hierarchy and the universal grammar hypothesis
Cognitive Science: Advocate for the innateness hypothesis of language acquisition
Political Thought: Prominent critic of U.S. foreign policy, media systems, and corporate power
Major Works 1. Syntactic Structures (1957) Publisher: Mouton & Co.
ISBN: 978-3110172799
Summary:
Groundbreaking work that launched transformational-generative grammar, revolutionizing modern linguistics.
Argued that language structure is governed by deep-seated cognitive rules, not just learned behavior.
- Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media Co-author: Edward S. Herman
Publisher: Pantheon Books, 1988
ISBN: 978-0375714498
Summary:
Introduced the "propaganda model" of media, showing how elite interests shape news coverage in liberal democracies.
A seminal work in media studies and political discourse analysis.
- Hegemony or Survival: America’s Quest for Global Dominance Publisher: Metropolitan Books, 2003
ISBN: 978-0805074009
Summary:
Analyzes U.S. foreign policy and military interventionism in the post–Cold War era.
Argues that U.S. global strategies risk planetary survival for hegemonic ambitions.
