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Entangled parametric hierarchies: problems for an overspecified universal grammar. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2013 Boeckx C, Leivada E.
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What exactly is Universal Grammar, and has anyone seen it? [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2015 Dąbrowska E.
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Second language learner's access to parameters of Universal Grammar: a syntactic perspective [PDF]
, 2011 In Universal Grammar, syntax is explained through X-bar theory. X-bar theory is the component of Universal Grammar which specifies the hierarchical structure of the heads of phrases, their specifiers and complements.
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Transfer and Universal Grammar in Unaccusative Constructions Errors
Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies, 2008 Common errors are examined in subject expletive pronouns use with unaccusative predicates in the written production of Spanish high-intermediate adult students of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in an institutional setting. What these errors have in
Marciano Escutia
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Idea Density and Grammatical Complexity as Neurocognitive Markers [PDF]
Brain SciencesLanguage, a uniquely human cognitive faculty, is fundamentally characterized by its capacity for complex thoughts and structured expressions. This review examines two critical measures of linguistic performance: idea density (ID) and grammatical ...
Diego Iacono, Gloria C. Feltis
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How Universal is Chomsky's Universal Grammar?
TEFLIN Journal, 2000 The publication of this book signifies three important things. First, syntactic theory in generative grammar—after nearly five decades of its inception—remains a thriving discipline.
Achmad Effendi Kadarisman
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الأستاذ, 2023 Current linguistic theory presumes languages to be essentially similar because individuals have a genetic inclination to acquire language. Linguists strive to create a model of this abstract universal grammar that captures the core commonalities among ...
Inst. Dr. Ahmed Hamid Abdulrazzaq
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An analysis of case particles and case functions in Japanese: A case grammar approach
Journal of Modern Languages, 2017 The paper focuses on an aspect of grammar, specifically, case particles or postpositions in Japanese. It is based on a discussion on case forms and case functions that are discoverable through an examination of the theory of case grammar by Fillmore ...
Suraiya Mohd. Ali
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Assumptions behind grammatical approaches to code-switching: when the blueprint is a red herring [PDF]
, 2004 Many of the so-called ‘grammars’ of code-switching are based on various underlying assumptions, e.g. that informal speech can be adequately or appropriately described in terms of ‘‘grammar’’; that deep, rather than surface, structures are involved in ...
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