Tuesday 17 May 2016

Chomsky's Universal Grammar

One of the main theories developed by Noam Chomsky is the Universal Grammar. It says that our capacity to properly use a language was born with us and that we use it by instinct. (Dovey 2015). So, The aim of this post is to provide an essay that illustrates this theory in the following way:

To begin with, it is explained a brief bibliography of the author in order to explain who is this man and his relevance in the intellectual world. Besides, the bibliography includes a summary of his life and his early academic career. Then, it is explained his theory on Universal Grammar developed in the 1960s with its main ideas. Moreover, due to the controversy that the theory created, the essay illustrates an study realized in order to unveil if Chomsky was right or not and the duality of its results.



ABSTRACT

This paper will deal with one of the most important theories developed by Noam Chomsky, the Universal Grammar Theory. Firstly, it will be presented a brief biography of the author in order to make a first approach to his life and studies. Then, it will be introduced a general definition for Chomsky’s Universal Grammar concept, so the reader can understand better what is this theory about. Finally, it will be included a biographical section, which will provide the academic material used to carry out this research.

KEYWORDS

Chomsky, controversy, grammar, investigation, language, linguistic, Noam, theory, universal.

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Here there are some videos in which the author appears expanding his theory in the case that you want to know more about the Universal Grammar:




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