universal grammar
collocation in Englishmeaningsofuniversalandgrammar
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universal
adjective
uk/ˌjuː.nɪˈvɜː.səl/us/ˌjuː.nəˈvɝː.səl/
existing everywhere or ...
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grammar
noun
uk/ˈɡræm.ər/us/ˈɡræm.ɚ/
(the study or use of) the rules about how words change their form and combine with other words to ...
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He argued that the role foruniversalgrammarin language restructuring is to determine which of the competing forms will be selected (1996:114).
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And it shows that that optimal parametric account depends on particular assumptions about the proper formulation or understanding of the principles ofuniversalgrammar.
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However, they claim that it is licensed by a principle ofuniversalgrammar, not by a parochial (nonuniversal) rule.
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There is no innate 'universalgrammar' to provide the analytical categories that a child applies to its experience.
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On the notion 'principal branching direction': a parameter ofuniversalgrammar.
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The whole point of this general rule is to reduce the number of rules ofuniversalgrammar.
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It is important to recognize upfront that this is exactly the solution offered by the theory ofuniversalgrammar.
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Understanding how input matters : verb learning and the footprint ofuniversalgrammar.
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In each of these cases, it is necessary to assume that the underlying universal is a part of the nonparameterized core ofuniversalgrammar.
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As a result, language learning must rely on additional constraints fromuniversalgrammar.
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There would be an explicitly defined language acquisition device containing an explicitly defineduniversalgrammar.
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In other words, even an innateuniversalgrammarmight be functionally motivated.
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Understanding how input matters: verb learning and the footprint ofuniversalgrammar.
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It is a more restricted subset and in this sense, something likeuniversalgrammarmust be true.
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Chapter 1 introduces the logical problem of language acquisition in the generative theoretical framework ofuniversalgrammar.
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One might object that a theory ofuniversalgrammarshould not be rejected on the basis of a few violations from a single child.
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