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“There was arguing and the point was to make progress, advance the science, but laughter is what I remember most.” Halle’s son Tim spoke of “the lifelong friendship that defined them both,” and John described roaming the halls of Building 20, and noticing “how much fun people were having in their labs,” he said. Berwick, a professor of computer science and engineering and computational linguistics, characterized the two as “playing together in an especially complementary way.” “Like Darwin, Newton, Einstein and Niels Bohr, they were scientists who changed the way we looked at ourselves.” “It was one of those rare moments in history when their paths converged,” he said. Jay Keyser, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, described the “deep affection” Chomsky and Halle had for each other. After the talk, faculty, alumni, and graduate students - representing the ancestral tree of linguists trained by Chomsky and Halle directly, and by their protégées - engaged in lively colloquy with Chomsky in line with time-honored linguistics department tradition.Īt the reception afterwards, friends and family toasted the long-lived partnership. In an event on April 1 that combined celebration with reunion, Chomsky delivered a virtual lecture from Arizona titled “Genuine Explanation and the Strong Minimalist Thesis,” which was made available to the entire MIT community. We thought it would be wonderful to name this area for our beloved colleagues, who taught so many of us.” “Both Noam and Morris were my teachers in the early 1980s, and no student today can work in this field without being influenced by them. Ward Professor of Modern Languages and Linguistics, and former department head. “With our growing emphasis on experimental work, it seemed natural to devote this space to our new lab,” says David Pesetsky, Ferrari P. After Chomsky’s departure, this area was redesigned for use as the department’s Language Acquisition Lab. Halle and Chomsky shared an office in MIT’s fabled Building 20, and when it was demolished, they moved to a space in the Stata Center. He moved to the University of Arizona several years ago, where he is Laureate Professor of Linguistics. Chomsky came to MIT in 1955 and retired in 2002, continuing his research as Institute Professor Emeritus. Halle, who taught at MIT from 1951 to 1996, and became an Institute Professor, died in 2018. “Naming the wing after them seemed like a way of indicating their centrality not only to our discipline but in so many ways to all of cognitive science.” “Together, they defined and transformed the entire field of linguistics,” says Danny Fox ’98 PhD, Anshen-Chomsky Professor of Language and Thought, and department head. On Apthe department dedicated a wing of its Stata Center home to these founding fathers. Nearly sixty years ago, Noam Chomsky and Morris Halle established the MIT Department of Linguistics. Noam Chomsky, MIT Institute Professor emeritus "It is very gratifying to have this wing dedicated to new research, which is really exciting work at the frontiers of understanding."

Fabrication/Installation by Advanced Imaging, Inc. Exhibit wall designed by Paul Montie Design with contributions from Athulya Aravind, Emer Garland, Martin Hackl and Jennifer Purdy. Chomsky Halle Wing photo by Valentina Gaviria.