Unlocking the Universal Language Code: The Impact of Generative Grammar
The article discusses generative grammar, a way to study how languages are structured. It explains key ideas like "competence" and "performance", and theories like the X-Bar-Theory. Generative grammar helps us understand how all languages follow similar rules. The most popular type of generative grammar is transformational grammar, which was introduced by Chomsky in 1957. This approach has influenced research on language structure in Germany. Many studies have applied generative grammar to the German language.