Noam Chomsky Author:John Lyons In the arena of political debate, Noam Chomsky has become renowned for his radical critiques of American foreign policy. But scholars and students in the field of linguistics have long looked upon their most dynamic and influential colleague as one who speaks with unrivaled authority on all aspects of grammatical theory. John Lyons here offers a... more » lucid and complete account of Chomsky's central theses. Mr. Lyons, a professor of linguistics at Edinburgh University who has taught extensively in the united States, is the author of "Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics."« less