The syntactic component of a grammar must specify, for each sentence, a deep structure that determines its semantic interpretationand a surface structure… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are very deep and restrictive principles that determine the nature of human language and are rooted in the specific character of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The general public are not even aware of major decisions that will determine their fate, hence are in no position to influence… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Like other organisms, humans have a certain genetic endowment (apparently varying little in the species, not a surprise considering its recent separation… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The human species is now at a point where it has to make choices that are going to determine whether decent survival… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Technology is usually fairly neutral. It’s like a hammer, which can be used to build a house or to destroy someone’s home.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
As Bromberger observed, rules are understood to be elements of the computational systems that determine the sound and meaning of the infinite… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
[Internet] is kind of like a hammer. The technology itself doesn't determine how its used. It depends on the social, cultural and… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Hence, a generative grammar must be a system of rules that can iterate to generate an indefinitely large number of structures. This… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
American imperialism has suffered a stunning defeat in Indochina. But the same forces are engaged In another war against a much less… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Everything depends very much on who you are, what your values are, what your commitments are, what circumstances you live in and… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
But, that's the whole point of corporatization - to try to remove the public from making decisions over their own fate, to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The structure of language determines not only thought, but reality itself. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The costs of the Bush-Obama wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now estimated to run as high as $4.4 trillion - a major victory… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It’s a shameful moment for U.S. media when it insists on being subservient to the grotesque propaganda agencies of a violent, aggressive state. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are questions as to whether it should even exist. Who should corporations be responsive to, the management of a corporation? Theoretically they are… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be - protect themselves. That's why you have state secret laws.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I don't join the New Atheists. So, for example, I wouldn't have the arrogance to lecture some mother who hopes to see her dying… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The first thing you ought to do is verify what I present. Just because I say it doesn't make it true. So check it… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I wrote an article about the marine landing [in Haiti] right away, but barely mentioned the oil, because my article would come out two… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
American society is now remarkably atomized. Political organizations have collapsed. In fact, it seems like even bowling leagues are collapsing. The left has a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Discovery is the ability to be puzzled by simple things. Noam Chomsky — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There's an interesting book about that called The Third Reich and the Ivory Tower, written by Stephen H. Norwood. It has a long discussion… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
This is class war on an international scale, and power is in the hands of those who control the international economic system. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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