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universal grammar
noun
Definition of UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR
: the study of general principles believed to underlie the grammatical phenomena of all languages; also : such principles viewed as part of an innate human capacity for learning a language
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First Known Use of UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR
circa 1750
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