Projection
Problem
Projection
problem is the term used for the theory of “Poverty of the Stimulus” which has
been given by Chomsky. “Poverty of the Stimulus” is the theory which claims
that children cannot possibly arrive at a grammar of the native language on
the basis of input alone. This means that input is degenerate and therefore
cannot provide an inadequate data basis for setting the parameter of language.
To solve this projection problem, the theory argues that children acquire first
language so effortlessly because the crucial abstract principles of UG are
available to them innately. UG consists of innate, abstract, linguistic
principles, which govern what is possible in human languages, thereby helping
to alleviate the learning problem created by poverty of the stimulus.
