Noam Chomsky first became known in the 1950s.
São Paulo:
American intellectual, linguist and dissident Noam Chomsky was released from a hospital in São Paulo on Tuesday, the institution said, and will continue undisclosed treatment at home.
The news came as the 95-year-old’s wife, Valeria Wasserman, dismissed media reports that Chomsky had died, saying in an email to AFP: “It’s false. He’s fine.”
Folha de São Paulo newspaper reported that Chomsky was recently taken to a hospital in the city after a stroke a year ago left him with difficulty speaking and moving the right side of his body.
The couple has a house in São Paulo.
Chomsky first became known in the 1950s with the revolutionary theory that the ability to form structured language was innate.
He became an outspoken activist on a range of issues, from US intervention in Vietnam to labor rights and the environment.
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