Define these words below (Steven Pinker)
transitional probabilities
Principles and Parameters theory
transformational operation
1. Transitional probabilities refers to the likelihood of progressing from one state or condition to another state or condition.
2. Principles and parameters is a framework in which the syntax of a particular language is described and analysed in terms of general principles (such as grammar) and specific parameters (such as markers and switches).
3. Transformational operation considers grammar to be a system of rules that generate exactly those combinations of words which form grammatical sentences in a given language.
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