The syntactic component of a grammar must specify, for each sentence, a deep structure that determines its semantic interpretationand a surface structure that determines its phonetic interpretation.
Noam Chomsky'Reform' is a word you always aughta' watch out for. 'Reform' is a change that you're supposed to like. And watch it - As soon as you hear the word 'Reform', you should reach for your wallet and see who's lifting it.
Noam ChomskyMy grandchildren are on social media all the time, and they think they have friends. But it's not what I would've called a friend, ever.
Noam ChomskyYou have 30% of the world unemployed, a huge amount of work, that needs to be done just rebuilding the society alone.
Noam ChomskyIn Europe there's an dangerous growth of ultra xenophobia which is pretty threatening to any one who remembers the history of Europe... and an attack on the remnants of the welfare state. It's hard to interpret the austerity-in-the-midst-of-recession policy as anything other than attack on the social contract.
Noam Chomsky