Chomsky's theory of universal grammar suggests underlying biological commonalities in language structure across separated peoples, meaning alphabetic invention by distinct cultures reflects an underlying linguistic principle rather than arbitrary cultural choice.
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“Chomsky thinks that there is something like an underlying language grammar. And so, the fact that an alphabetic structure might be discovered by two separate peoples would be partly a reflective of an underlying biological commonality.”
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