The aim of linguistics is to go beyond the study of individual languages to determine what the universal properties of language are, and to establish a ‘universal grammar' that would account for the range of linguistic variation that is humanly possible. (David Crystal)

The aim of linguistics is to go beyond the study of individual languages to determine what the universal properties of language are, and to establish a ‘universal grammar' that would account for the range of linguistic variation that is humanly possible.

David Crystal

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