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Nim and Noam: Skinner, Chomsky and the Chimp
Young, Charles M.
Article
2011
How psychologists abused a chimpanzee in a failed attempt to prove that Noam Chomsky was wrong about language.
Perspectives On Power: Reflections on Human Nature and the Social Order
Chomsky, Noam
Book
1997
Chomsky sets down his thoughts on topics ranging from language and human nature, to the Middle East and East Timor.
Problems of Knowledge and Freedom: The Russell Lectures
Chomsky, Noam
Book
1971
These lectures explore Bertrand Russell's work on empiricism, morality, linguistics and politics. ...

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The Noam Chomsky Web site.

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Africa: Lessons From Africa Prove the Incredible Value of Mother Tongue Learning
Heugh, Kathleen
2017
Using case studies of educational systems in Africa, Heugh defends the use of mother-tongue education in multilingual countries, whereby vernacular languages are used in primary schools to introduce o...
Bully for Brontosaurus
Reflections in Natural History
Gould, Stephen Jay
1991
A collection of dicursive essays on natural history.
Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World
Ostler, Nicholas
2006
History of the world's great tongues, from the resilience of Chinese through twenty centuries of invasions to the self-regard of Greek and to the struggles that gave birth to the languages of modern E...
The Loom of Language
A Guide to Foreign Languages for the Home Student
Bodmer, Frederic
This book provides a survey of language throughout history, from hieroglyphs to modern day languages.
Talk Talk Talk
An Investigation into the Mystery of Speech
Ingram, Jay
1992
Ingram explores the many aspects of talking.