Learning Journal: Language Universals

[Stallone Mannan]

Language Universals are a useful concept for language learners. It is important to step back and think about what we are learning structurally and contextually. It is interesting that languages can be very similar in their structure, and that if we learn a language structurally, as opposed to being caught up in the different alphabets and vocabulary, we can gain a broader, deeper understanding of the language. The concept does not seem vague or unscientific, in fact, it is very specific and even a little complicated to think in universal terms!