universal grammar

noun

🔊/ˌjuːnɪvɜːsl ˈɡræmə(r)/

🔊/ˌjuːnɪvɜːrsl ˈɡræmər/

[uncountable, countable] (linguistics语言学)

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the set of rules that is thought to be able to describe all languages普遍语法（据信能够描述所有语言的一系列规则）