Cover of Chomsky's Universal Grammar: An Introduction

Chomsky's Universal Grammar: An Introduction

Part of the Blackwell Applied Language Studies series

Chomsky's Universal Grammar introduces both the general concepts of the theory, particularly its goals of describing the knowledge of language and of accounting for how it is acquired, and the main areas of syntax such as X-bar theory, movement and government.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 384 pages

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