Chomsky

by John Lyons

This is an introduction to the life and work of the linguist, Avram Noam Chomsky. The author examines Chomsky's influence, his search for the universal in language and the relationship between language and mind. This third edition includes updated bibliographic and biographical notes.

Genres: Philosophy, Linguistics, Nonfiction, Biography, Language, Politics, Criticism

120 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1970

About the author

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Sir John Lyons, LittD, FBA, is an English linguist, working on semantics. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lyo...]

Reviews

[Lachlan Jacob · Rating 4 out of 5]

Having read some of Chomsky's more political writings, as well as having come across him in my Computer Science studies, it was very interesting to hear more about his contributions to linguistics. I appreciated the way the author looked at his work over time as this gave good context for his theories and ideas.

[Maria · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meh

[Seth Dunn · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent enough introduction to Chomskyan linguistics.

[Liam Battle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Second Modern Masters book that I’ve read, great intro to Chomsky’s technical ideas, which are his most interesting.

[Rita · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple and good enough intro to syntactic structure and some of Chomsky’s work.

[Ma'am Saoud]

chomsky and how did not know him.

[Lysergius · Rating 3 out of 5]

A useful biography for those who approach Chomsky as a linguist and are looking for a way into "Studies on Semantics in Generative Grammar"

[Jack · Rating 3 out of 5]

A solid introduction to Chomsky’s linguistic work.

[Lukas · Rating 5 out of 5]

what can i say?