Universal grammar: arguments for its existence

• Main Authors: Umarlebbe, Jameela Hanoon, Mat Said, Seriaznita
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: Australian International Academic Centre PTY. LTD. 2021
• 主題: P Philology. Linguistics
• 在線閱讀: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/97407/1/JameelaHanoon2021_UniversalGrammarArgumentsforitsExistence.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/97407/; http://dx.doi.org/10.7575/aiac.alls.v.12n.2.p.31

The first part of this paper discusses the rationale for universal grammar (UG) theory to explain first language acquisition. It also illustrates the issues of language acquisition Chomsky argued which could not be supported by behaviourist theories and shows how Chomsky proposed a solution to this...