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

explicit constraint. Within generative grammar, there are a variety of theories about what universal grammar consists of. One notable hypothesis proposed

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

In linguistics, X-bar theory is a model of phrase structure and a theory of syntactic category formation that proposes a universal schema for how phrases

Vivian Cook and Mark Newson and released in 2007. Noam Chomsky's theory of a universal grammar (UG) aims to describe the grammatical constraints common across

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

within the research tradition of generative grammar. Like current generative theories, it treated grammar as a system of formal rules that generate all

dependency grammar. The development of the theory was initiated by Joan Bresnan and Ronald Kaplan in the 1970s, in reaction to the theory of transformational

In set theory, a universal set is a set which contains all objects, including itself. In set theory as usually formulated, it can be proven in multiple

precise theory. On this point I differ from a number of philosophers, but agree, I believe, with Chomsky and his associates. ("Universal Grammar" 1970)