My Chat With Noam Chomsky
This interview is dedicated to our Becky’s dad, Ronnie, who was a huge admirer of Noam Chomsky. Rest in peace, Ronnie x I know right. Noam Chomsky. I’ve had the pleasure of putting some questions to some of the most incredible people in the past - Alexei Sayle and Jeremy Corbyn being particularly memorable. But Noam Chomsky? Noam Chomsky, 93, is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist - I am a ranty forty-something Twitter woman from North Wiltshire. Noam Chomsky is the father of modern linguistics - I am the mother of two moody teenagers. Noam Chomsky argues that individuals are born with a predisposition to learn language - I just tend to argue and my language is often somewhat ‘colourful’. Noam Chomsky believed that it was more than a coincidence that the majority of human languages follow simple rules and patterns when it comes to grammar - When it comes to grammar I would be put to shame by an 11-year-old. So wh