DIZIONARIO GENERALE PLURILINGUE
DEL LESSICO METALINGUISTICO



Lemmadescriptive adequacy
Categoria grammaticaleN
Linguainglese
SiglaChomsky (1995)
TitoloThe Minimalist Program
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A true grammar is said to meet the condition of "descriptive adequacy". A theory of UG is true if (or to the extent that) it correctly describes the initial state of the language faculty. In that case it will provide a descriptively adequate grammar for each attainable language.
- Chomsky (1995), Pag. 18-19