It's actually an oversimplified (biased?) view of Chomsky's theories. Chomsky stated that language acquisition relies upon innate abilities and that all languag

It's actually an oversimplified (biased?) view of Chomsky's theories. Chomsky stated that language acquisition relies upon innate abilities and that all languages share some basic "structures" (the theory dates back from times when structuralism was all the rage). The theory has been proven false or inaccurate in many details, but the driving concept is definitely true.