Minimalism, Economy, Simplicity, and Children Language Acquisition

In syntax, a model of a grammar is economical if it is doing the least work possible in order to generate grammatical forms, and rule out ungrammatical forms. In the minimalist program, economy has been applied to every level of representation, every principle, every structure, leading to a type of plainness never seen before in generativist. The study of child language acquisition highlights the continuity from the Principles & Parameters framework (Chomsky, 1981, ) to the Minimalist Program (Chomsky, 1995). In this study, minimalism particularly the trends of economy and simplicity have been investigated. In addition, minimalism and its relation to and effect on first language acquisition have been shown through children during first years of language acquisition as investigated in the literature.