Chomsky: A Graphic Guide

Can it be that the human brain possesses an inbuilt faculty for language?

Noam Chomsky, one of the most brilliant linguists of the 20^th century, believes that it does – that there exists a ‘universal grammar’ common to all languages. Around the world children learn, in very similar ways, languages that seem entirely different. This works, so he argues, because all human languages and grammatical structures are linked in the human brain.

Chomsky is controversial and yet hugely influential, both in his pioneering work in linguistics and in his unrelenting critique of international power and his commitment to freedom and justice. These two ‘Chomskys’ are heirs to the Enlightenment tradition, and this book is the ideal introduction to them both.