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Chomsky
(ˈtʃɒmskɪ)n
(Biography) (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 His theory of language structure, transformational generative grammar, superseded the behaviourist view of Leonard Bloomfield
ˈChomskyan, ˈChomskyˌite n, adj
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Chom•sky
(ˈtʃɒm ski)n. (Avram) Noam (noʊm, ˈnoʊ əm)
born 1928, U.S. linguist and political writer.
Chom′sky•an, adj., n.
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Noun | 1. | Chomsky - United States linguist whose theory of generative grammar redefined the field of linguistics (born 1928) |
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