Turbulent Virginia: Pirate Base...Royal Colony: Relationship between Early English Settlers and Native Americans
The people of Jamestown would not have survived at all without the assistance of Native Americans. They taught the settlers how to plant corn and give them gifts of food. The paradox of Jamestown, as Edmond Morgan describes it, is that the settlers,...
Language and Thought Through Time
Linguist, author and university professor Noam Chomsky explains that language and thought are both related and transmitted through time. Dr. Chomsky adds that, "...we don't really have very good ways of studying thought except through the avenue of ...
Diversity of Language
Linguist, author and university professor Noam Chomsky explains that the variety of languages in the United States has declined very sharply in the last two hundred years. "When the colonists first came here from Europe, " Dr. Chomsky notes, "...the...