Language and Universal Grammar Quiz

Who proposed the theory of universal grammar in the early 1950s?

• Edward Sapir

• Linguistic Society of America

• Steven Pinker

• Noam Chomsky

What is the analytical tool developed by Chomsky to represent the order of words in a sentence?

• Grammar Mapper

• Sentence Tree

• Syntax Analyzer

• Generative Syntax

What is the principle suggested by Chomsky in the early 2000s as a shared universal grammar rule?

• Passive Voice

• Subject-Verb Agreement

• Adverb Placement

• Recursion

Which language, studied in 2005, does not appear to have any recursive structures?

• English

• Piraha

• Mandarin

• Spanish

What was the dominant paradigm challenged by the idea of universal grammar?

• Behaviorism

• Cognitivism

• Structuralism

• Functionalism

What did Chomsky's theory prompt the documentation and study of?

• Mathematics

• Many languages

• Chemistry

• Physics

What did Chomsky suggest is genetically encoded for language learning?

• Social interactions

• Biological machinery

• Cultural norms

• Educational systems

What did Chomsky revise his theory to accommodate in the 1980s?

• Syntax trees

• Verb phrases

• Universal grammar rules

• Variation in languages

What did Chomsky label the faculty that the human brain is hardwired to process language according to?

• Universal grammar

• Specific grammar

• Genetic grammar

• Innate grammar

What did Chomsky propose as the key to the versatility of language?

• Grammar

• Vocabulary

• Pronunciation

• Syntax