how does [[generative grammar]] account for [[language acquisition]]? ie how to *link* from [[universal grammar]] to actual [[human language]]s? recall argument from [[poverty of the stimulus]] for [[universal grammar]]: ![[poverty of the stimulus#^argument]] [[generative grammar]] suggests "principles and parameters" framework: the [[Homo sapiens]]-wide [[innate]] [[universal grammar]] sets the "principles" ([[compile]]r / [[grammar rule]]s); each human language is just a specific setting of [[parameter]]s. see [[generative grammar framework]]s. the need for [[universal grammar]] comes from [[continuity assumption]]; see [[criticism of generative grammar]]