NOAM CHOMSKY

BIRTH/DEATH DATE.

• Born, December 7 1928
• Still alive, 86 years old.
• Born in Philadelphia

EARLY LIFE

• He felt the weight of the great depression.
• Earliest memory was watching security
• guards beat woman strikers.
• By 10 he wrote an article about rise of fascism.
• By 13 he was traveling from philly to NY.

EARLY LIFE

• He listened to perspectives from adults.

UNDERGRADUATE AND MARRIAGE

• Studied at U of PA after WWII
• Moved by language reveal about society
• 1949 married carol shatz
• Married 59 years, she died in 2008

THEORY

• Researched linguistics (study of language and structure
• Battle between whether language is natural or learned
• Chomsky argues that language is natural to the human brain

4 FACTORS THAT SUPPORT HIS THEORY

• 1. Optimal learning age, 3-10
• Most likely to learn the entire language
• After, it is hard to grasp the language

SECOND FACTOR

• 2. Child doesn't need a trigger, natural
• The parent doesnt need to coax the child
• The child will speak on their own.
• Parents can read, baby talk, but small effect.

THIRD FACTOR

• Doesnt matter that the child is corrected
• They still will grasp the language

FOURTH FACTOR

• Children go through stages of language
• They all go through these stages at the same time
• No matter where the child is.