Function: noun
Date: circa 1750
: the study of general principles believed to underlie the grammatical phenomena of all languages also : such principles viewed as part of an innate human capacity for learning a language
Function: noun
Date: circa 1750
: the study of general principles believed to underlie the grammatical phenomena of all languages also : such principles viewed as part of an innate human capacity for learning a language
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012