You should read Steven Pinker's The Language Instinct. He summarises Chomsky and the field's main insights into language brilliantly. One of the points is that

You should read Steven Pinker's The Language Instinct. He summarises Chomsky and the field's main insights into language brilliantly. One of the points is that while we see languages as extremely diverse, most of the differences are actually quite superficial and can be efficiently modelled by a small set of rules with a few key configurable settings, and that this basic structure for language is universal among all humans. We are just tuned to focus on the differences and not notice the overwhelming similarities. Great book anyway you cut it.