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Noam Chomsky was born in 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He received his Ph.D. in linguistics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1955. He is known for his contributions to cognitive science, philosophy, psychology, and linguistics. He is one of the leading figures in modern linguistics. He is often referred to as the father of generative linguistics.
Noam Chomsky is one of the most important nativist theorists who has helped change linguistics in the 1950s and 1960s by seeing language profiles as a uniquely human, biologically-based cognitive skill. During the 1960s, Chomsky questioned the notion that the human mind is a “blank slate” and opposed the behaviourist hypothesis since toddlers acquire “impoverished linguistic input” (baby babble) as they grow up.
Chomsky’s work explores the biological foundation for speech acquisition and says children have intrinsic linguistic ability. Chomsky calls this a “language learning device.” He thinks children learn spoken language skills naturally. In the absence of formal language, he thinks children would build their own system of communication. All children make the same verbal blunders, regardless of the vocabulary skills they learn. Chomsky believes in a “universal grammar” that all human communication share grammatical laws. His study does not reveal brain regions or genetic bases for humans’ natural linguistic aptitude.
