On Language: Chomsky's Classic Works Language and Responsibility and by Noam Cho

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An attractive new dual edition of two of Chomsky's most popular books on language.

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The two most popular titles by the noted linguist and critic in one volume-an ideal introduction to his work.On Languagefeatures some of Noam Chomsky's most informal and highly accessible work. In Part I,Language and Responsibility, Chomsky presents a fascinating self-portrait of his political, moral, and linguistic thinking. In Part II,Reflections on Language, Chomsky explores the more general implications of the study of language and offers incisive analyses of the controversies among psychologists, philosophers, and linguists over fundamental questions of language."Language and Responsibilityis a well-organized, clearly written and comprehensive introduction to Chomsky's thought." -The New York Times Book Review"Language and Responsibilitybrings together in one readable volume Chomsky's positions on issues ranging from politics and philosophy of science to recent advances in linguistic theory.... The clarity of presentation at times approaches that of Bertrand Russell in his political and more popular philosophical essays." -Contemporary Psychology"Reflections on Languageis profoundly satisfying and impressive. It is the clearest and most developed account of the case of universal grammar and of the relations between his theory of language and the innate faculties of mind responsible for language acquisition and use." -Patrick Flanagan

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Two of Chomsky's seminal works on language collected in one volume. An attractive new edition which is the ideal introduction to pioneering work in modern linguistics.

Author Biography

Noam Chomsky is the Institute Professor and a professor of linguistics, emeritus, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A world-renowned linguist and political activist, he is the author of numerous books, including On Language: Chomsky's Classic Works Language and Responsibility and Reflections on Language; Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky, edited by Peter R. Mitchell and John Schoeffel; American Power and the New Mandarins; For Reasons of State; Problems of Knowledge and Freedom; Objectivity and Liberal Scholarship; Towards a New Cold War: U.S. Foreign Policy from Vietnam to Reagan; The Essential Chomsky, edited by Anthony Arnove; and On Anarchism, and a co-author (with Ira Katznelson, R.C. Lewontin, David Montgomery, Laura Nader, Richard Ohmann, Ray Siever, Immanuel Wallerstein, and Howard Zinn) of The Cold War and the University: Toward an Intellectual History of the Postwar Years and (with Michel Foucault) of The Chomsky-Foucault Debate, all published by The New Press. He lives in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Review

"Language and Responsibility is a well-organized, clearly written, and comprehensive introduction to Chomsky's thought." —The New York Times Book Review"Reflections on Language is profoundly satisfying and impressive. It is the clearest and most developed account of [Chomsky's] case." —Patrick Flanagan

Long Description

The two most popular titles by the noted linguist and critic in one volume--an ideal introduction to his work. On Language features some of Noam Chomsky's most informal and highly accessible work. In Part I, Language and Responsibility , Chomsky presents a fascinating self-portrait of his political, moral, and linguistic thinking. In Part II, Reflections on Language , Chomsky explores the more general implications of the study of language and offers incisive analyses of the controversies among psychologists, philosophers, and linguists over fundamental questions of language. " Language and Responsibility is a well-organized, clearly written and comprehensive introduction to Chomsky's thought." -- The New York Times Book Review " Language and Responsibility brings together in one readable volume Chomsky's positions on issues ranging from politics and philosophy of science to recent advances in linguistic theory. . . . The clarity of presentation at times approaches that of Bertrand Russell in his political and more popular philosophical essays." -- Contemporary Psychology " Reflections on Language is profoundly satisfying and impressive. It is the clearest and most developed account of the case of universal grammar and of the relations between his theory of language and the innate faculties of mind responsible for language acquisition and use." --Patrick Flanagan

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" Language and Responsibility is a well-organized, clearly written, and comprehensive introduction to Chomsky's thought." -- The New York Times Book Review " Reflections on Language is profoundly satisfying and impressive. It is the clearest and most developed account of [Chomsky's] case." --Patrick Flanagan

Details ISBN1565844750 Short Title ON LANGUAGE Language English ISBN-10 1565844750 ISBN-13 9781565844759 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 410 Illustrations Yes Imprint The New Press Place of Publication New York Author Noam Chomsky Residence Lexington, MA, US Affiliation Massachusetts Institute of Technology Birth 1928 Subtitle Chomsky's Classic Works Language and Responsibility and DOI 10.1604/9781565844759 UK Release Date 2007-06-07 Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2007-06-07 Pages 288 Publisher The New Press Year 2007 Publication Date 2007-06-07 Audience Undergraduate AU Release Date 1999-02-07 We've got this

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