A seminal work of him was The sound pattern of English.
One of his better-known political texts is Manufacturing Consent -- The Political Economy of the Mass Media, which he co-authored with [Edward S. Herman]? and which was intended to show how financial interests in the United States' media influence the news. Controversy over this text has been fierce and extensive.
See also: Chomsky hierarchy /Colorless green ideas sleep furiously, Corporatocracy, Doublespeak