Strategic Objectives
• Discover the 'Universal Grammar' hardwired into the human brain.
• Understand the evolutionary origins of syntax and recursion.
• Identify the logical constraints that make a language learnable.
• Explore how biological architecture limits linguistic diversity.
The Core Challenge
We often view the 7,000 languages of the world as a chaotic Tower of Babel, obscuring the biological laws that govern how we think.
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The Search for Universals
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The Biological Imperative
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The Innateness Hypothesis
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The Architecture of Syntax
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The Logic of Recursion
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Cognitive Constraints
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The Evolution of Communication
08
Phonological Constants
09
Morphological Patterns
10
The Poverty of the Stimulus
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Semantic Universals
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Parameters and Principles
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The Language Organ
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Critical Periods
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Sign Language Universals
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Logical Constraints and Form
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Typology and Classification
18
The Minimalist Program
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Genetic Foundations
20
Computational Universalism
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