Norm Chomsky claims that human languages share a universal grammar. Which of the following characterizes the universal grammar?
A. It is innate in the human species and culturally variant.
B. It is innate in the human species and culturally invariant.
C. Speakers can only generate sentences they have heard before.
D. Speakers of any language can create a finite number of sentences.
B. It is innate in the human species and culturally invariant.
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