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Chomsky and other linguists have said that all languages contain similar
elements. For example, globally speaking, language breaks down into similar
categories of words: nouns, verbs, and adjectives, to name three.
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. With rare exceptions, all languages use structures that repeat themselves,
allowing us to expand those structures almost infinitely.
Linguists like Chomsky have argued for a universal grammar in part because
children everywhere develop language in very similar ways in short periods of
time with little assistance.