By the 1980s, a number of Chomsky's students had become leading linguistic specialists in their own right, expanding, revising, and expanding on Chomsky's ideas of generative grammar.
80-luvun aikana monet Chomskyn opettamista opiskelijoista tulivat oman alan asiantuntijoiksi kielitieteessä, laajentamalla ja tarkistamalla Chomskyn ideoita generatiivisesta kieliopista.