Re: What was Noam Chomsky's contribution to *LINGUISTICS*?

Noam Chomsky is the archetypical academic tosser.
Cf.
http://groups.google.be/group/sci.lang/browse_frm/thread/923c6e2d448789d0/305e61050a245bfc?q=euldede+chomsky&rnum=1#305e61050a245bfc

Brablo a écrit :
> in a nutshell, what did he do for linguistics? i tried reading a
> little about his works, but they were very difficult for me.
Not amazing, it's sheer nonsense.

> so in a nutshell, what are his contributions to the world of
> languages?
Zilch.

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