Noam Chomsky hospitalized after massive stroke
Noam Chomsky, who joined the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences at the University of Arizona in 2017, is hospitalized in Brazil recovering from a massive stroke he had a Linguist, activist and social critic, Noam Chomsky, is in a Sao Paulo hospital in Brazil recovering from a massive stroke a year ago. His wife, Valeria, confirmed that he has difficulty speaking and the right side of his body is affected. The hospital was located so he could easily travel from the United States. The couple has been living in Sao Paulo since 2015 and have been discussing moving to a sunny apartment near the beach in Rio de Janeiro. Chomsky, a prominent linguist and critic, is currently Laureate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona. His landmark 1957 book, “Syntactic Structures,” transformed the study of linguistics with its assertion that humans are born with an innate ability to formulate and understand sentences.
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Linguist, activist and social critic Noam Chomsky is hospitalized in his wife's native country of Brazil recovering from a massive stroke he had a year ago, she confirmed Tuesday.
Valeria Chomsky said via email that her 95-year-old husband is in a Sao Paulo hospital, where she took him on an ambulance jet with two nurses once he could more easily travel from the United States following the June 2023 stroke. The couple has had a residence there since 2015.
She confirmed the details of a Monday report in the Brazilian newspaper Folha de S.Paulo, which said her husband has difficulty speaking and the right side of his body is affected.
Valeria Chomsky told the newspaper that her husband follows the news and when he sees images of the war in Gaza, he raises his left arm in a gesture of lament and anger.
Noam Chomsky, seen by many around the world as a symbol of protest and independence, is an influential activist and critic who has frequently challenged U.S. policy on everything from the Middle East to Central America, as well as what he considers a compliant media.
In 2017 he joined the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences at the University of Arizona, where he is currently listed as Laureate Professor of Linguistics, Agnese Helms Haury Chair.
He transformed the study of linguistics with his landmark 1957 book, “Syntactic Structures,” in which he wrote that humans do not simply learn language but are born with an innate ability that explains how they can formulate and understand sentences never seen or heard before.
Valeria Chomsky also told Folha de S.Paulo that she is thinking about moving to an apartment near the beach in Rio de Janeiro after reading that living in a sunny place can help stroke patients.