Universal grammar (UG), in modern linguistics, is the theory of the innate biological component of the language faculty, usually credited to Noam Chomsky...

Within generative grammar, it is generally accepted that at least some domain-specific aspects are innate, and the term "universal grammar" is often used...

proposal of a Universal Grammar, but was largely pioneered by the linguist Joseph Greenberg, who derived a set of forty-five basic universals, mostly dealing...

Chomsky's Universal Grammar: An Introduction is a linguistics book about the concept of universal grammar as proposed by Noam Chomsky. First published...

Applicative universal grammar, or AUG, is a universal semantic metalanguage intended for studying the semantic processes in particular languages. This...

Institute for Advanced Study. He created or co-created the universal grammar theory, the generative grammar theory, the Chomsky hierarchy, and the minimalist program...

reference grammar Systemic functional grammar Montague grammar Other frameworks are based on an innate "universal grammar", an idea developed by Noam Chomsky...

been Chomsky's theory of Universal Grammar (UG). The core of this theory lies on the existence of an innate universal grammar, grounded on the poverty...

Noun phrase accessibility and universal grammar. Linguistic Inquiry 8. 63–99. Kesner Bland, S. Intermediate grammar: From form to meaning and use. New...

of generative grammar and related approaches in linguistics. Arguments in favour include the poverty of the stimulus, the universality of language acquisition...