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Noam Chomsky

Mentioned in 2 editorials. Mentioned in 1 podcast episode. The subject of 1 Timeline moment and mentioned in 1 more (1957 to 1972). Appears alongside 36 other people.

Noam Chomsky
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Generative grammar was defined by Noam Chomsky around 1955. He was more or less alone, claiming that there are generative mechanisms in grammar.

Frieder Nake, Frieder Nake on “Machinic” Miracles

Chomsky showed how the concept of grammar could create rules that allow you to automatically generate correct sentences. He must have had a wonderful, looking-into-the-future brain by reducing linguistics to its very basics.

Frieder Nake, Frieder Nake on “Machinic” Miracles

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