(Avram) Noam (ˈnəʊəm). born 1928, US linguist and political critic. His theory of language structure, transformational generative grammar, superseded the behaviourist view of Leonard Bloomfield
Derived forms
Chomskyan (ˈChomskyan) or Chomskyite (ˈChomskyˌite)
noun, adjective
Chomsky in American English
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ˈ(Avram) Noam (ˈnoʊəm) 1928- ; U.S. linguist & educator