KnowraNoam ChomskyLinked fromLinked fromThe 48 pages that link to Noam Chomsky, each with the reason it gives.All 48Broader topic 1Related 38Compared with 9Christopher HitchensCompared with: Their opposing judgments of Western power became especially visible over the Iraq War.Dell HymesCompared with: Hymes’s communicative competence challenged the limits of Chomsky’s competence-performance distinction.Hilary PutnamCompared with: Their disagreements over reference and the relation between language and the world sharpened Putnam’s externalism.Leonard BloomfieldCompared with: Chomsky’s critique marked a decisive break with the dominant Bloomfieldian framework.Language and thoughtCompared with: His emphasis on universal linguistic capacities contrasts with accounts centered on language-specific thought.Functional linguisticsCompared with: Generative linguistics provides a prominent contrast to function-based accounts of grammar.Steven PinkerCompared with: Pinker adopts aspects of Chomsky’s account of innate language while disputing its limits and implications.David CrystalCompared with: Chomsky’s theoretical program contrasts with Crystal’s broadly descriptive and public-facing work.Anna WierzbickaCompared with: His account of linguistic universals centers on grammar, unlike her focus on universal meaning.