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Chomskyan

American  
[chom-skee-uhn] / ˈtʃɒm ski ən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Noam Chomsky or his linguistic theories, especially to transformational-generative grammar.

Etymology

Origin of Chomskyan

Chomsky + -an

Example Sentences

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Some languages — the Amazonian Pirahã, for in­­stance — seem to get by without Chomskyan recursion.

From Salon • Sep. 10, 2016

This prompted him and a group of colleagues to start cognitive linguistics, which contrary to Chomskyan theory and the entire mind as a computer paradigm, held that “semantics arose from the nature of the body.”

From Scientific American • Nov. 4, 2011

Many scholars noticed the dualism inherent in the Chomskyan theory.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai

In the final analysis, these strategies correspond to a semantically based model of cultural education driven by the Chomskyan distinction between competence and performance.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai

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