Knowledge of Language: Its Nature, Origin, and Use

First edition (publ. Praeger Special Studies)

Knowledge of language: its nature, origin, and use is a book by American linguist Noam Chomsky, first published in 1986. In this book, Chomsky deals with topics in the philosophy of language and the philosophy of mind. He tries to convince the reader that the study of linguistic structures provides insight into the workings of human mind.

External links

Knowledge of Language entry in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Noam Chomsky

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Linguistics	Syntactic Structures (1957) Current issues in linguistic theory (1964) Aspects of the Theory of Syntax (1965) Cartesian Linguistics: A Chapter in the History of Rationalist Thought (1966) The Sound Pattern of English (1968) Conditions on Transformations (1973) The Logical Structure of Linguistic Theory (1975) Lectures on Government and Binding: The Pisa Lectures (1981) Knowledge of Language: Its Nature, Origin, and Use (1986) The Minimalist Program (1995) New Horizons in the Study of Language and Mind (2000)

Politics	The Responsibility of Intellectuals (1967) American Power and the New Mandarins (1969) The Fateful Triangle (1983) The Soviet Union Versus Socialism (1986) Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media (1988), with Edward S. Herman Necessary Illusions (1989) Deterring Democracy (1991) Objectivity and Liberal Scholarship (1997) The Culture of Terrorism (1999) Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance (2003) Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy (2006)

Collections (articles and interviews)	Class Warfare (1996) Middle East Illusions (2003) Imperial Ambitions (2005) Interventions (2007) Gaza in Crisis (2010) Making the Future (2012) Occupy (2012)

Filmography

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)
Last Party 2000 (2001)
Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times (2002)
Distorted Morality – America's War On Terror? (2003)
Noam Chomsky: Rebel Without a Pause (2003) (TV)
Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land (2004)
Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? (2013)

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