Linguistics

MIT Libraries receive papers of distinguished linguist, philosopher and activist Noam ChomskySignificant collection spans a long and distinguished career dating to 1955.

The group that built the fieldScientific reunion commemorates 50 years of Linguistics at MIT

The advantage of ambiguityCognitive scientists develop a new take on an old problem: why human language has so many words with multiple meanings.

Joseph Aoun PhD ’82, president of Northeastern University, receives Muh Alumni AwardBiennial award honors MIT alumni achievements in humanities, arts and social sciences.

In the World: Murmurs of MayanMIT undergraduate travels to Mexico in hopes of documenting and preserving ancient linguistic phenomena — and the culture behind them.

Democracy inactionIn ‘Ideas Matter’ lecture, Noam Chomsky criticizes fellow intellectuals for their conformity.

Said and DoneHumanities, arts and social sciences digest for July/August 2011.

A champion of CreoleLinguist Michel DeGraff is on a quest to give Haitian Creole its due as a respected language — and to help Haitian schoolchildren learn in their native tongue.

Of minds and machinesFinal installment of MIT’s 150th anniversary symposia explores intelligence — both human and artificial.

Looking beyond EnglishMIT professor uses linguistics in an ESL classroom to teach scientific principles, empower a new generation of critical thinkers.