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    Rizal Technological University

    Maybunga, Pasig City


    College of Education

    Universal Grammar

    Submitted by:
    Pakiding, Ma. Ronalyne B.
    PCED-02-101A
    Group 4 (I – 4)

    Submitted to:
    Prof. Babylyn G. Retanan
    WRITTEN REPORT

    Who is Noam Chomsky?


    Noam Chomsky is known as the father of modern linguistics. Back in 1957,
    Chomsky, with his revolutionary book “Syntactic Structures,” laid the foundation of his
    non-empiricist theory of language. Two years later, with his review of B. F. Skinner’s
    “Verbal Behavior,” he argued that Behaviorism, the dominant approach to language at
    the time, was no longer to be the way of studying language.
    Noam Chomsky is an eminent American theoretical linguist, cognitive scientist and
    philosopher, who radically changed the arena of linguistics by assuming language as a
    uniquely human, biologically based cognitive capacity. He suggested that innate traits in
    the human brain give birth to both language and grammar. The most important figure in
    “cognitive revolution” and “analytic philosophy”, Chomsky’s wide-ranging influence also
    extends to computer science and mathematics.
    Universal Grammar
    1956
    Universal Grammar is a linguistic theory developed by Noam Chomsky according
    to which all human languages are constructed on the same, abstract template, and that
    this explains why all normal speakers acquire their native language quickly and
    accurately.
    In response to the logical problem of language acquisition, which challenges
    theorists to explain how all normal children are able to learn any first language in only a
    few years, Chomsky posited the existence of a Language Acquisition Device (LAD).
    He suggested that the LAD was an innate, language-specific module which
    effectively pre-programmed children to learn language. The LAD operated by restricting
    the number and type of hypotheses learners entertain about the grammar, or rule-system
    of the language.
    Chomsky developed the notion of Universal Grammar (UG) as a blueprint for the
    LAD. UG, or generative grammar, consists in an abstract description of the components
    and structure underlying all human languages.
    Generative linguists seek to refine and test these abstract linguistic descriptions,
    while second language generativists research whether and how UG is available to
    learners of second languages.
    Universal Grammar Theory Explained
    The idea that explains this is known as Universal Grammar Theory and states that
    all children are born with an innate ability to acquire, develop, and understand language.
    If we look at grammar as the laws of language, we could say that all humans are born
    with an understanding of these laws. While different languages may have different kinds
    of grammar, humans have a natural predilection to learn and use them.
    The realization that very young children innately understand aspects of language
    has shattered the long-held belief that the mind starts as a blank slate. Behavioral
    psychologists had assumed that grammar and language were learned solely by listening
    to it being spoken. Now, the common belief is that language has an inherent genetic
    component. The human brain is hardwired to develop grammatical language, even
    without being exposed to it as a baby.
    The man credited with this revolution is MIT linguistics professor Noam Chomsky.
    Chomsky developed the theory in the 1950s and 60s before there was scientific
    equipment, such as the MRI, to show brain activity. Chomsky believed grammar must be
    a universal constant in humans because of something he dubbed the poverty of stimulus.
    This aspect of universal grammar argues that it is not possible that children are exposed
    to enough of their native language to learn it in a purely behavioral context. Keep in mind
    that this doesn't mean exposure to one's native language isn't necessary, just that it can't
    account for the entirety of learning a language.

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    theory-definition-examples-quiz.html.

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    Shameem, T. (2010, February 3). The Innate Theory. Retrieved from

    http://tanvirdhaka.blogspot.com/2010/02/innatist-theory.html?m=1.
    Who Is Noam Chomsky, and What Is His Contribution to Linguistics? (n.d.).

    Retrieved from

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    contribution-to-linguistics/?hs_amp=true.

    Thesis

    Yang, C., Crain, S., Berwick, R. C., Chomsky, N., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2017). The growth

    of language: Universal Grammar, experience, and principles of

    computation. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 81, 103–119. doi:

    10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.12.023

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