Definitions for universal grammar

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u′niver′sal gram′mar(n.)

a grammar that attempts to establish the properties and constraints common to all possible human languages.
Category: Language/Linguistics
the properties and constraints themselves.
Category: Language/Linguistics

Origin of universal grammar:

1930–35

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