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Universal Grammar (English: Universal Grammar, UG) is a linguistic theory associated with linguist Noam Chomsky that posits human language capacity is grounded in an innate biological foundation. According to this approach, humans are not born programmed to learn a specific language (such as English, Turkish, or Chinese); rather, they innately acquire abstract and universal “principles” that underlie all human languages. This theory argues that language acquisition results from the interaction o

Noam Chomsky’s psycholinguistic theory argues that language acquisition is not merely a behavioral process based on environmental stimuli and imitation, but rather grounded in an innate biological mechanism present in the human mind. According to this theory, every human is born with a genetic capacity predisposed to language acquisition. This capacity enables children to rapidly acquire their native language through the principles of Universal Grammar and the Language Acquisition Device (LAD).