Universal Grammar

Grammar, Universal

a system formed from the universal grammatical categories necessarily present in natural languages and determined by universal laws of thinking, the uniform structure of the world as reflected in human consciousness, and the analogous nature of the requirements and aims of communication (hence, the sentence, predicate, subject, object, number, tense, question, command).

Most universal grammatical categories are logical. A generally accepted example of a grammar based on logical and grammatical categories is the Port-Royal Grammar, constructed by A. Arnauld and C. Lancelot at the French Abbey of Port-Royal (Arnauld and Lancelot, Grammaire générale et raisonnée, 1660). According to some contemporary theories, universal grammatical categories form the deep structure of a language, which, by applying a set of grammatical rules, can be transformed into surface structures—that is, specific sentences expressed in a given language.

Universal grammar also includes the grammatical theory that determines the internal subdivisions of this discipline, the specific character and types of grammatical meanings and categories, and the special features of their interrelationship that form the grammatical system of a language.

Universal grammar studies all the possible means of expressing grammatical meanings in the world’s languages and develops methods of grammatical analysis. Important tasks of universal grammar are the unification and standardization of grammatical terms and the definition of their corresponding concepts.

REFERENCES

Jespersen, O. Filosofiia grammatiki. Moscow, 1958. (Translated from English.)
Panfilov, V. Z. Grammatika i logika. Moscow-Leningrad, 1963.
Admoni, V. G. Osnovy teorii grammatiki. Moscow-Leningrad, 1964.
Issledovaniia po obshchei teorii grammatiki. Moscow, 1968.
Universals in Linguistic Theory. New York, 1968.

N. D. ARUTIUNOVA

单词	universal grammar
释义	universal grammar universal grammar n. Abbr. UG An innate system of grammatical principles, parameters, and constraints believed to underlie all natural languages. universal grammar n (Linguistics) linguistics (in Chomskyan transformation linguistics) the abstract limitations on the formal grammatical description of all human languages, actual or possible, that make them human languages u′niver′sal gram′mar n. 1. a grammar that attempts to establish the properties and constraints common to all possible human languages. 2. the properties and constraints themselves. [1930–35] Universal Grammar Grammar, Universal a system formed from the universal grammatical categories necessarily present in natural languages and determined by universal laws of thinking, the uniform structure of the world as reflected in human consciousness, and the analogous nature of the requirements and aims of communication (hence, the sentence, predicate, subject, object, number, tense, question, command). Most universal grammatical categories are logical. A generally accepted example of a grammar based on logical and grammatical categories is the Port-Royal Grammar, constructed by A. Arnauld and C. Lancelot at the French Abbey of Port-Royal (Arnauld and Lancelot, Grammaire générale et raisonnée, 1660). According to some contemporary theories, universal grammatical categories form the deep structure of a language, which, by applying a set of grammatical rules, can be transformed into surface structures—that is, specific sentences expressed in a given language. Universal grammar also includes the grammatical theory that determines the internal subdivisions of this discipline, the specific character and types of grammatical meanings and categories, and the special features of their interrelationship that form the grammatical system of a language. Universal grammar studies all the possible means of expressing grammatical meanings in the world’s languages and develops methods of grammatical analysis. Important tasks of universal grammar are the unification and standardization of grammatical terms and the definition of their corresponding concepts. REFERENCES Jespersen, O. Filosofiia grammatiki. Moscow, 1958. (Translated from English.) Panfilov, V. Z. Grammatika i logika. Moscow-Leningrad, 1963. Admoni, V. G. Osnovy teorii grammatiki. Moscow-Leningrad, 1964. Issledovaniia po obshchei teorii grammatiki. Moscow, 1968. Universals in Linguistic Theory. New York, 1968. N. D. ARUTIUNOVA AcronymsSeeungraded
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