Abstract

This paper presents a study of the philosophical dimensions of the innateness of language. In this regard, reference has been made to the ideas of Chomsky, De Saussaure, Descartes, Kant, Russell, Plato, and Aristotle. The writers of this article have paid special attention to understanding the relationships between the structure of language and the structure of mind, or the relationships between syntax and logic, and believe that they are inseparable from each other.The article consists of two main parts. The first part is devoted to a study of a number of linguistic research activities which deal with the nature of mind, and the second part deals with topics such as the innateness of linguistic competence, the existence of innate grammar, and generative grammar through resorting to the traditional realistic philosophy.