Noam Chomsky’s 1959 review
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Noam Chomsky’s 1959 review is a landmark critique of B.F. Skinner’s behaviorist account of language that helped catalyze the cognitive revolution in psychology and linguistics.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Noam Chomsky’s 1959 review Context triple: [Verbal Behavior, subjectOf, Noam Chomsky’s 1959 review]
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Aspects of the Theory of Syntax
Aspects of the Theory of Syntax is a seminal 1965 book by linguist Noam Chomsky that helped establish generative grammar as a central framework in theoretical linguistics.
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B.
Cartesian Linguistics
Cartesian Linguistics is a 1966 book by Noam Chomsky that explores the historical roots of modern linguistics in rationalist philosophy, particularly the Cartesian tradition.
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C.
Syntactic Structures
Syntactic Structures is a landmark 1957 book by linguist Noam Chomsky that revolutionized the study of language by introducing generative grammar and challenging behaviorist views of linguistics.
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D.
Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, and political activist widely regarded as the founder of modern linguistics and a prominent critic of U.S. foreign policy.
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E.
Chomskyan linguistics
Chomskyan linguistics is a theoretical approach to language pioneered by Noam Chomsky that emphasizes humans’ innate linguistic capacity and focuses on the formal, generative rules underlying all natural languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Noam Chomsky’s 1959 review Target entity description: Noam Chomsky’s 1959 review is a landmark critique of B.F. Skinner’s behaviorist account of language that helped catalyze the cognitive revolution in psychology and linguistics.
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A.
Aspects of the Theory of Syntax
Aspects of the Theory of Syntax is a seminal 1965 book by linguist Noam Chomsky that helped establish generative grammar as a central framework in theoretical linguistics.
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B.
Cartesian Linguistics
Cartesian Linguistics is a 1966 book by Noam Chomsky that explores the historical roots of modern linguistics in rationalist philosophy, particularly the Cartesian tradition.
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C.
Syntactic Structures
Syntactic Structures is a landmark 1957 book by linguist Noam Chomsky that revolutionized the study of language by introducing generative grammar and challenging behaviorist views of linguistics.
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D.
Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, and political activist widely regarded as the founder of modern linguistics and a prominent critic of U.S. foreign policy.
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E.
Chomskyan linguistics
Chomskyan linguistics is a theoretical approach to language pioneered by Noam Chomsky that emphasizes humans’ innate linguistic capacity and focuses on the formal, generative rules underlying all natural languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book review
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scholarly article ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | generative linguistics ⓘ |
| appearedInIssue | Language issue 1 ⓘ |
| appearedInVolume | Language volume 35 ⓘ |
| arguesAgainst |
radical behaviorism
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stimulus–response explanations of language ⓘ |
| arguesFor |
cognitive explanations of language
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innate linguistic capacity ⓘ mental representations ⓘ |
| author | Noam Chomsky ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticizes |
Skinner’s use of technical terms in Verbal Behavior
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attempts to explain complex language behavior through reinforcement histories ⓘ operant conditioning as an explanation of language ⓘ |
| field |
linguistics
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philosophy of language ⓘ psychology ⓘ |
| focusesOn | behaviorist account of language ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
foundational text of the cognitive revolution
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landmark critique of behaviorism ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
catalyzed the cognitive revolution in psychology
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helped shift linguistics away from behaviorism ⓘ |
| influencedField |
cognitive psychology
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philosophy of mind ⓘ psycholinguistics ⓘ theoretical linguistics ⓘ |
| influencedPerson |
Ross Quillian
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surface form:
George A. Miller
Jerry Fodor ⓘ Steven Pinker ⓘ |
| introducesConcept | poverty of the stimulus argument ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
cognitive psychology
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critique of behaviorism ⓘ theory of language ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | approximately 50 pages ⓘ |
| publicationType | peer-reviewed journal article ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| publishedIn | Language ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Chomskyan linguistics
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surface form:
Chomskyan revolution in linguistics
Universal Grammar ⓘ mentalism in psychology ⓘ |
| reviewedAuthor |
B. F. Skinner (born Burrhus Frederic Skinner)
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surface form:
B. F. Skinner
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| reviewOf | Verbal Behavior ⓘ |
| supportsView |
language as a product of an internal grammar
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language as a rule-governed system ⓘ |
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