September 2016

A comparative syntactic review of null-subject parameter in English and Ịzọn languages

The theory of universal grammar relies predominantly on the biolinguistic concept of natural endowment and innate knowledge of the general principles of language. It postulates that all humans are naturally endowed with the general rules and configurations of language and to this extent, all natural languages have similar structural features. The theory of universal grammar as hypothesized by Chomsky and propagated by...

Author(s): Odingowei Kwokwo Macdonald