Introducing ChomskyThis introduction traces Chomsky's understanding of the cognitive realities involved in the use of language and the technical apparatus needed to represent it. Also described is his radical critique of the institutions of power and pathways of oppression. |
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2001 INTRODUCING abstract ACTION INTELLECTUAL American antecedent B.F. Skinner basic behaviour believe Farmer Giles biological Boston brain Cartesian child Chomsky's clause cognitive system commissar concept creative critic Descartes E-language East Timor élite empiricist environment example fact freedom French function going GOTTFRIED LEIBNIZ human language Indochina innate inquiry internal Japanese John Maher Judy Groves kind knowledge of language language acquisition language faculty libertarian libertarian socialism linguistic look Mark Achbar Mass means mind mind-body problem mind-brain minimalist programme Moonship Mother Rabbit Motherese Nicaragua Noam Chomsky notion okay organ Oscar Zarate Pantheon Patsy Rabbit philosophy phrase Phrase Structure Rules physical political principles and parameters problem properties question rules Sandinistas sensorimotor sentence Skinner social society Sophie South End Press speakers speech Sukarno syntactic syntax talk theory of I-language There's things Traditional grammars underlying Universal Grammar VERBS Vietnam visual system what's words