Chomskyan

Adjective

Meaning

Relating to the linguist and activist Noam Chomsky.

(linguistics) Following the theoretical approach introduced by Noam Chomsky, et al.

Examples

Daniel Yergin in The New York Times Magazine The Chomskyan approach towards linguistics studies grammar as an innate body of knowledge possessed by language users, often termed Universal Grammar (UG). Source: Internet

As a result, the Chomskyan paradigm discouraged the application of such models to language processing. Source: Internet

Late in his career, he was known for his stinging criticism of Chomskyan linguistics. Source: Internet

The Chomskyan school also holds the belief that linguistic structures are largely innate and that what are perceived as differences between specific languages are surface phenomena that do not affect the brain's universal cognitive processes. Source: Internet

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