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普遍文法 (ふへんぶんぽう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

普ふ遍へん文ぶん法ぽう

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Meanings

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universal grammar

Linguistics term referring to the hypothetical innate grammatical principles shared by all human languages.

チョムスキーは普ふ遍へん文ぶん法ぽうの概がい念ねんを提てい

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Chomsky proposed the concept of universal grammar.

Kanji

普universal, wide(ly), generally
遍everywhere, times, widely
文sentence, literature, style
法method, law, rule

Built from

普ふ遍へん+文ぶん法ぽう

Etymology

Compound of 普遍 (universal) and 文法 (grammar), likely a calque from English 'universal grammar'.