Principles and Parameters Theory

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framework in generative grammar linguistic theory

Principles and Parameters Theory is a framework in generative linguistics that explains how universal grammatical principles and language-specific parameter settings account for the diversity and acquisition of human languages.

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Principles and Parameters framework	5
Principles and Parameters Theory canonical	4
Principles and Parameters theory	2
Principles and Parameters	1
language acquisition device	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	framework in generative grammar ⓘ linguistic theory ⓘ
addresses	cross-linguistic variation ⓘ learnability of grammar ⓘ problem of language acquisition ⓘ
appliesTo	morphology ⓘ some aspects of phonology ⓘ syntax ⓘ
associatedWith	Howard Lasnik ⓘ Lectures on Government and Binding ⓘ Noam Chomsky ⓘ
assumes	innate language faculty ⓘ universal grammar ⓘ
component	parameters ⓘ principles ⓘ
contrastsWith	behaviorist accounts of language learning ⓘ purely construction-based approaches ⓘ
coreIdea	children set parameter values based on linguistic input ⓘ language variation is captured by a finite set of parameters ⓘ parameters have a small number of possible values ⓘ universal grammar constrains possible human languages ⓘ universal grammatical principles are shared by all human languages ⓘ
developedWithin	Chomskyan generative grammar ⓘ
exampleParameter	head-directionality parameter ⓘ pro-drop parameter ⓘ wh-movement parameter ⓘ
field	generative linguistics ⓘ theoretical linguistics ⓘ
formalism	uses movement operations ⓘ uses phrase structure representations ⓘ
goal	account for limits on possible human grammars ⓘ explain rapid and uniform language acquisition in children ⓘ
influenced	Minimalist Program ⓘ parametric typology ⓘ
influencedBy	Government and Binding Theory ⓘ Standard Theory of generative grammar ⓘ surface form: Transformational-Generative Grammar
parametersCharacterization	parameters are points of limited variation across languages ⓘ
principlesCharacterization	principles are universal constraints on grammar ⓘ
relatedConcept	Government and Binding Theory ⓘ surface form: Government and Binding Universal Grammar ⓘ parametric variation ⓘ
statusInField	foundational framework in late 20th-century generative syntax ⓘ
timePeriod	1980s ⓘ late 1970s ⓘ
usedIn	comparative syntax ⓘ first language acquisition research ⓘ second language acquisition research ⓘ syntactic theory ⓘ
viewOnLearning	learning is parameter setting rather than rule construction from scratch ⓘ

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Standard Theory of generative grammar → predecessorOf → Principles and Parameters Theory ⓘ

Standard Theory of generative grammar → influenced → Principles and Parameters Theory ⓘ

Lectures on Government and Binding → influenced → Principles and Parameters Theory ⓘ