Introduction to Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky, apart from being a philosopher, activist, and historian, among other things, has revolutionized linguistics all over the world. He is one of the most relevant and polemic researchers of all times. He has written important essays on politics, economy, and linguistics while, at the same time, he has contributed to the theory of innate ideas and other philosophical believes by publishing diverse essays.

Noam Chomsky is considered the most relevant linguist of all times. Thus, Chomsky is the father of the most important linguistic theories nowadays: Transformational Generative Grammar, Universal Grammar, and the Minimalist Program. These studies and linguistic developments focus on the knowledge of language, as well as on its nature and use since its very beginnings. He also deals with the connection of language and mind, and with his reflections on language. Besides, with The Managua lectures, he has also studied language and problems of knowledge.