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Universal Grammar and Recursive Structures
Discuss the theoretical underpinnings of innate syntactic structures without using diagrams.
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Provide a dense textual explanation of Noam Chomsky's theory of Universal Grammar. Focus specifically on the concept of recursion as the fundamental property that distinguishes human language from other communication systems. Describe how a finite set of rules can generate an infinite number of sentences. Discuss the theoretical debate between nativism and empiricism regarding the acquisition of these grammatical structures.