He is also credited with the establishment of the Chomsky hierarchy, a classification of formal languages in terms of their generative power. His naturalistic approach to the study of language has affected the philosophy of language and mind. Skinner's Verbal Behavior, in which he challenged the behaviorist approach to the study of behavior and language dominant in the 1950s. He also helped spark the cognitive revolution in psychology through his review of B. He is an Institute Professor and professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Ĭhomsky is credited with the creation of the theory of generative grammar, considered to be one of the most significant contributions to the field of linguistics made in the 20th century. Avram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, political activist, author, and lecturer.
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