UG [universal grammar] may be regarded as a characterization of the genetically determined language faculty. One may think of thisfaculty as a 'language acquisition device,' an innate component of the human mind that yields a particular language through interaction with present experience, a device that converts experience into a system of knowledge attained: knowledge of one or another language.
-Noam Chomsky
Select a background
More quotes by Noam Chomsky
Popular Authors
A curated listing of popular authors.