Diderot’s (very wrong) Predictions! | Noam Chomsky #shorts

Noam Chomsky explains why Diderot went so wrong in his predictions regarding language; Diderot had predicted that French would become the language of science, while English & German would become the language of literature.
⚪️ This short is extracted From From Youtube Video Titled: The Concept of Language (Noam Chomsky) - UW Video. #shorts

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Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He is Laureate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona and Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and is the author of more than 150 books on topics such as linguistics, war, politics, and mass media.

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