一個著名的例子是,語言學家諾姆·喬姆斯基認為,"餓了的人是否在點餐(Is the man who is hungry ordering dinner )"這類句子非常罕見,兒童不可能聽過。即使如此他們還是可以產生這些句子,這就進一步指出,這種結構不是學來的,而是從先天的認知語言元件中獲得的。於是,生成語法學家們把通過自省找出所有關於先天結構的資訊作為他們的任務,從而形成一幅假設的語言官能圖景。[10][11]
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