2003 Volume 31 Issue 2 Pages 86-97
Since Chomsky first proposed the theory of generative grammar in 1950’s, generative grammar has attempted to solve such issues as: What is knowledge of language? How is knowledge of language acquired? How is knowledge of language used? What is the biological basis of this knowledge? This paper tries to discuss the second issue, the problem of language acquisition. In particular, the paper presents theoretical advances and some pieces of evidence for developments of the theory of language acquisition within the framework of generative grammar.
