Rediscovering the Alphabet - On the Innate Universal Grammar

TL;DR

This paper proposes a new perspective on Universal Grammar by searching for a unique, intrinsic, and cosmic grammar that underpins all natural languages and facilitates communication and knowledge transfer.

Contribution

It introduces the concept of a Unique Universal Grammar (UUG) that is distinct from traditional human-centric theories, emphasizing its universal, intrinsic, and cosmic nature.

Findings

Initial analysis shows promising results in identifying aspects of UUG in natural language.

The proposed UUG concept challenges traditional views of language-specific grammars.

The research offers a new framework for understanding language universality and innate communication structures.

Abstract

Universal Grammar (UG) theory has been one of the most important research topics in linguistics since introduced five decades ago. UG specifies the restricted set of languages learnable by human brain, and thus, many researchers believe in its biological roots. Numerous empirical studies of neurobiological and cognitive functions of the human brain, and of many natural languages, have been conducted to unveil some aspects of UG. This, however, resulted in different and sometimes contradicting theories that do not indicate a universally unique grammar. In this research, we tackle the UG problem from an entirely different perspective. We search for the Unique Universal Grammar (UUG) that facilitates communication and knowledge transfer, the sole purpose of a language. We formulate this UG and show that it is unique, intrinsic, and cosmic, rather than humanistic. Initial analysis on a widespread natural language already showed some positive results.