The cognitive linguist Michael Tomasello recently proclaimed that "universal grammar is dead." According to the most prominent linguist of recent times, Noam Chomsky, universal grammar is the inborn ...

The cognitive linguist Michael Tomasello recently proclaimed that "universal grammar is dead." According to the most prominent linguist of recent times, Noam Chomsky, universal grammar is the inborn ...

A new research project is looking for evidence of “universal grammar” – the notion that humans are hard-wired to understand language from birth. A new research project is looking for evidence of ...

You can order Gnome Chomsky, the Garden Noam for $195, plus shipping. A ‘What Would Noam Do?’ mug can be yours for $15. ‘Colorless green ideas sleep furiously,’ an oft-repeated demonstration of how ...

People instinctively organise a new language according to a logical hierarchy, not simply by learning which words go together, as computer translation programs do. The finding may add further support ...

Noam Chomsky's political writings are extremely useful for any understanding of the crimes of US imperialism. But his scientific work, whose political implications Chomsky denies, have been coming ...