universal grammar
universal grammar noun: a hypothetical innate abstract system in the human brain that underlies the grammar of all human languages.
Noun
universal grammar (plural universal grammars)
- A hypothetical innate abstract system in the human brain that underlies the grammar of all human languages.
- At this point, let's gather together various loose ends, and try and paint a
simple picture of the overall model of grammar which we are moving towards.
We might suppose that Universal Grammar makes available a set of category-
neutral pairs of rule-schemas such as those numbered (i) and (ii) in...1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 5, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 276
- At this point, let's gather together various loose ends, and try and paint a
universal grammar meaning in Tamil
universal grammar in Tamil
- அனைத்துலக இலக்கணம், உலகளாவிய இலக்கணம்
Forms of universal grammar
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Questions about universal grammar
- What does universal grammar mean?
- Universal grammar means a hypothetical innate abstract system in the human brain that underlies the grammar of all human languages.
- What is universal grammar in Tamil?
- Universal grammar in Tamil is அனைத்துலக இலக்கணம், உலகளாவிய இலக்கணம். See Universal grammar meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is universal grammar?
- Universal grammar is a noun.
- What is the plural of universal grammar?
- The plural of universal grammar is universal grammars.
Words near universal grammar in the dictionary
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