ledge ▁Sem antics ▁arg ues ▁against ▁decom pos itional ▁semantics ▁and ▁comb ines ▁No am ▁Ch om sky ' s ▁and ▁Hil ary ▁Put nam ' s ▁views ▁on ▁language ▁into ▁one ▁form ulation . ▁ ▁Biography ▁Early ▁Years ▁ ▁Y uri y ▁( Ge orge ▁Or est ) ▁T arna w sky ▁was ▁born ▁on ▁February ▁ 3 , ▁ 1 9 3 4 ▁in ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁Tur ka ▁in ▁western ▁Ukraine , ▁at ▁that ▁time ▁under ▁Polish ▁rule . ▁His ▁mother ▁was ▁a ▁school ▁teacher ▁and ▁father ▁a ▁school ▁principal . ▁His ▁child hood ▁years ▁( 1 9 3 4 - 1 9 4 0 ) ▁were ▁spent ▁in ▁Poland , ▁near ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁R zes z ów , ▁and ▁then ▁in ▁Ukrain ian ▁eth nic ▁lands , ▁near ▁San ok ▁and ▁in ▁Tur ka . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 4 ▁he ▁em igr ated ▁with ▁his ▁family ▁to ▁Germany . ▁After ▁the ▁war , ▁T arna w sky ▁lived ▁in ▁a ▁Dis pla ced ▁Pers ons ' ▁camp ▁in ▁Neu ▁Ul m , ▁Bav aria ▁where ▁he ▁attended ▁first ▁Ukrain ian ▁and ▁then ▁German ▁secondary ▁schools ▁( Ke pler ▁O bers ch ule ▁in ▁Ul m ). ▁He ▁graduated ▁from ▁Ukrain ian ▁High ▁School ▁in ▁Mun ich ▁in ▁February ▁ 1 9 5 2 , ▁prior ▁to ▁em igr ating ▁with ▁his ▁family ▁to ▁the ▁US ▁and ▁sett ling ▁in ▁New ark , ▁New ▁Jersey . ▁There ▁he ▁attended ▁New ark ▁College ▁of ▁Engineering , ▁now ▁New