In the interview, Everett challenges the nativist theories of Noam Chomsky, arguing that Chomsky only focuses on grammar, which is only a small part of language and does not consider social or ...

Noam Chomsky’s theory of universal grammar says that we’re all born with an innate understanding of the way language works. Chomsky based his theory on the idea that all languages contain ...

A team of neuroscientists has found new support for linguist Noam Chomsky's decades-old theory that we possess an 'internal grammar' that allows us to comprehend even nonsensical phrases.