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  2. Linguistic system - Wikipedia

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    Thus, “the most abstract categories of the grammatical description are the systems together with their options (systemic features). A systemic grammar differs from other functional grammars (and from all formal grammars) in that it is paradigmatic: a system is paradigmatic set of alternative features, of which one must be chosen if the entry ...

  3. Biolinguistics - Wikipedia

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    Biolinguistics can be defined as the study of biology and the evolution of language. It is highly interdisciplinary as it is related to various fields such as biology, linguistics, psychology, anthropology, mathematics, and neurolinguistics to explain the formation of language. It seeks to yield a framework by which we can understand the ...

  4. Systemic functional grammar - Wikipedia

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    Since the principal aim of systemic functional grammar is to represent the grammatical system as a resource for making meaning, it addresses different concerns. For example, it does not try to address Chomsky's thesis that there is a "finite rule system which generates all and only the grammatical sentences in a language".

  5. Innateness hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, the innateness hypothesis, also known as the nativist hypothesis, holds that humans are born with at least some knowledge of linguistic structure.On this hypothesis, language acquisition involves filling in the details of an innate blueprint rather than being an entirely inductive process.

  6. Systemic - Wikipedia

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    Systemic functional grammar, a model of grammar that considers language as a system; Systemic functional linguistics, an approach to linguistics that considers language as a system; Systemic psychology or systems psychology, a branch of applied psychology based on systems theory and thinking; Systemic risk, the risk of collapse of an entire ...

  7. Universal grammar - Wikipedia

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    Universal grammar (UG), in modern linguistics, is the theory of the innate biological component of the language faculty, usually credited to Noam Chomsky.The basic postulate of UG is that there are innate constraints on what the grammar of a possible human language could be.

  8. Hockett's design features - Wikipedia

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    It differs critically from Chomsky's idea of Universal Grammar but rather purports that people learn how to speak by interacting with experienced language users, namely a 'more knowledgable other' such as a parent, older sibling or caretaker ([3]) [vague] Significantly, language and culture are woven together in this construct, functioning hand ...

  9. Principles and parameters - Wikipedia

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    Principles and parameters is a framework within generative linguistics in which the syntax of a natural language is described in accordance with general principles (i.e. abstract rules or grammars) and specific parameters (i.e. markers, switches) that for particular languages are either turned on or off.