Principles And Parameter Of Universal Grammar

The document discusses three key concepts of Universal Grammar: 1. Structure dependency, which asserts that language relies on structural relationships rather than word order. Passive sentences in English demonstrate this by moving elements based on their structure, not position. 2. The language faculty, which proposes the mind has a separate, autonomous module for language that is distinct from other domains like logic or mathematics. 3. The head parameter, which specifies whether a language's phrases are head-first or head-last, with the head (e.g. verb, noun) appearing before or after complements within the phrase. This variation between languages is captured by the head parameter.