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A Conversation between Samuel Keyser and Noam Chomsky



Samuel Jay Keyser
, Editor-in-Chief of Linguistic Inquiry, has shared a campus with Noam Chomsky for 40+ years via the School's renowned Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. The two colleagues recently sat down in Professor Chomsky's office to discuss ideas on language evolution and the human capacity for understanding the complexities of the universe. This unedited conversation was recorded on September 11, 2009 for MIT Press Journals Podcasts.  

Listen to Keyser and Chomsky's conversation.