Syntax - Generative Grammar

This E-Lecture discusses the fundamental ideas of generative grammar, the most influential grammar model in linguistic theory. In particular we exemplfy the ...

The minimalist program and language acquisition

VideoLectures.Net Single Lectures Series View the complete series: http://videolectures.net/single_lecture_series/ Speaker: Noam Chomsky License: Creative Co...

Noam Chomsky: "After 60+ Years of Generative Grammar: A Personal Perspective"

"I will review briefly the state of understanding of language at the origins of generative grammar, the ways questions were reformulated and new ones devised...

Studying Linguistics at MIT in the First Decade of Generative Grammar

May 4, 2011 John Goldsmith, Chair, Department of Computer Science John Rober "Haj" Ross, Professor of Linguistice, University of North Texas Francois Dell, P...

The Ideas of Chomsky-BBC interview

A very early and also very interesting interview with Noam Chomsky regarding his Linguistic work published at the time. The last part contains a discussion o...

A bit of History of 2nd Language Acquisition Philosophies

A Mini lecture on the history for 2nd Language Acquisition Philosophies, including behaviorism, generative grammar, cognitive psychology, and constructivist ...

What is Special About Language?

Noam Chomsky, a world-renowned linguist, intellectual and political activist lectured at the University of Arizona on Feb. 7, 2012, on "What is Special About...

Human Language Sentences - Basic Parse Trees, X-Bar Theory & Ambiguity

A short introduction to modern grammars of natural language. Use the fundamentals of generative grammar to learn about syntax (the grammar & rules of sentenc...

Noam Chomsky talks about Haiti

Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky visiting Vancouver, British Columbia in 2004 Noam Chomsky Avram Noam Chomsky Born December 7, 1928 (age 83) Philadelphia, Pennsylva...

Syntax - Phrase Structure I

Sentences can be analyzed into hierarchies of constituents. This E-lecture introduces the historical development of phrase structure systems from 1957 until ...