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Chomsky
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Chomsky
(Avram) Noam . born 1928, US linguist and political critic. His theory of language structure, transformational generative grammar, superseded the behaviourist view of Bloomfield


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In Chomskian generative linguistics, metaphor long remained an enfant terrible; it was regarded as a language error, a violation of selection restrictions or distribution rules.
On the similarity and distinguishability of humour and figurative ... by Krikmann, Arvo / Trames
Each year, thousands of artists simply quit the artworld, choosing to pursue art in a different mode, in the mode of competence rather than in the mode of performance, to adopt a Chomskian distinction.
Spy art: infiltrating the real by Wright, Stephen / Afterimage
Mamdani replied, with a Chomskian authority, "Understand yourself.
Mamdani Uproar: Scion Of Ed Said Rocks Columbia by Andrew Rice / The New York Observer
 
 
 
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