alleryChomsky formulated which theory of shared language structure?
ALinguistic relativity
BUniversal grammar
CGeneral semantics
DWeak determinism
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Universal grammar
1. Universalists argued that all languages share the same underlying structure.
2. Chomsky formulated this as universal grammar.
3. Linguistic relativity is the opposing idea, and general semantics and perspectivism are other ideas in the article.
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