Chomsky’s Universal Grammar: A Case of Its Concepts of Government/Binding Theory

 

 

Y. M. Harsono

 

 

The purpose of this article is to see the universality of the Government/Binding Theory in its concepts of government, the pro-drop parameter, and binding theory. Three languages – English, Indonesian, and Javanese – are analysed based on the three concepts. From the analysis it is concluded that in some cases language is universal, but in some other cases every language is specific.

 

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Harsono, Y. M. (2001). Chomsky’s universal grammar: A case of its concepts of government/binding theory. TEFLIN Journal, 12(2), 210-222.

 

 

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