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social science subjects > sociology > anthropology > key people in anthropology > Noam Chomsky
social science subjects > sociology > anthropology > anthropological linguistics > Noam Chomsky
social science subjects > linguistics > descriptive linguistics > anthropological linguistics > Noam Chomsky
... > social science subjects > psychology > behavior mechanisms > human development > key people in human development > Noam Chomsky
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... > social science subjects > sociology > social change > activism and social justice > political philosophy/ethics > Noam Chomsky
... > contexts > population characteristics > socioeconomic factors > social change > activism and social justice > political philosophy/ethics > Noam Chomsky
social science subjects > linguistics > key people in linguistics > Noam Chomsky

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Noam Chomsky  

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  • Noam Chomsky is cofounder of the Department of Philosophy and Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a seminal figure in 20th-century linguistics, anarchism, and radical politics. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1928 to William, foremost Hebrew grammarian, and Elsie (née Simonofsky), a Hebrew teacher also involved with Zionism, the Hebrew language, and Jewish cultural affairs. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Development; Chomsky, Noam]

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