Book: Aspects of the Theory of Syntax by Noam Chomsky

In my quest to better understand the source of some computer science grammar terminology, I attempted to read this seminal book.

Unfortunately, here’s my review:

Abandoned, DNF. This simply wasn’t what I was hoping it would be. Chomsky’s nomenclature is used in computer science to describe programming languages and syntax. I was hoping to get an insight into the origin of terms like "regular grammar" and "type 2 grammar".

That info may have been in here, but I couldn’t make it past the first couple chapters. I tried. This kind of academic writing seems to be trying so hard to make sure no statement could possibly be incorrect…​and whatever point is being made gets completely buried in the lawyerly language. No thanks. I’ll stick with pop science writing for anything outside my immediate area of interest. :-)