{"product_id":"2026200011473-secondhand-chomsky","title":"Chomsky","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew figures in the history of modern thought have provoked as much intellectual revolution as Noam Chomsky, and John Lyons' Chomsky offers a masterful and accessible guide to the ideas that reshaped linguistics, philosophy of mind, and cognitive science. Part of the prestigious Fontana Modern Masters series — edited by Frank Kermode — this volume presents a rigorous yet lucid account of Chomsky's groundbreaking theories, from his transformational-generative grammar to his radical nativist claims about the innateness of human language, arguing convincingly that these ideas constitute one of the most significant intellectual contributions of the twentieth century.\n\nLyons, himself a distinguished linguist, brings rare clarity and scholarly precision to his analysis, unpacking the dense theoretical architecture of Chomsky's work for a broad readership without sacrificing depth or nuance. The result is a portrait not merely of a man, but of an entire paradigm shift — one that overturned decades of behaviourist orthodoxy and permanently altered our understanding of what it means to be a language-using, thinking human being. For anyone seeking to understand why Chomsky remains one of the most cited intellectuals alive, this concise and authoritative study is the essential starting point.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130845602011,"sku":"2026200011473-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/88fbc3af-a845-4e79-b293-653fe2fbb15b.png?v=1786591132","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200011473-secondhand-chomsky","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}