The specific conjecture is that we all begin with
universal grammar (UG), the one language, as
it were.
UG is innate and is informed in the sense that it
encodes certain options or parameters which are
set by exposure to certain data.
 To acquire a language is to acquire a particular
systematic mapping between sound and
meaning.
 Plato's

problem is the term given by Noam
Chomsky to the gap between knowledge and
experience.
Begin = ULK
 Gap:

K-E
 You

are happy
 Are you happy?
I

am a kindergarten, aren’t I?
 I am a kindergarten, AM I?
 Who

are you working with?
 With who are you working?

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    The specific conjectureis that we all begin with universal grammar (UG), the one language, as it were. UG is innate and is informed in the sense that it encodes certain options or parameters which are set by exposure to certain data.  To acquire a language is to acquire a particular systematic mapping between sound and meaning.  Plato's problem is the term given by Noam Chomsky to the gap between knowledge and experience.
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     You are happy Are you happy? I am a kindergarten, aren’t I?  I am a kindergarten, AM I?  Who are you working with?  With who are you working?