universal grammar

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Definitions of universal grammar words

noun universal grammar a grammar that attempts to establish the properties and constraints common to all possible human languages. 1
noun universal grammar an innate system of principles underlying the human language faculty. 1
noun universal grammar (in Chomskyan transformation linguistics) the abstract limitations on the formal grammatical description of all human languages, actual or possible, that make them human languages 0
noun universal grammar (linguistics) A hypothetical innate abstract system in the human brain that underlies the grammar of all human languages. 0

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