In generative linguistics, assumptions like Universal Grammar and innate language acquisition are insulated from falsification by continual revision of peripheral syntactic rules, not the core.
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Peripheral syntactic rules(the parts of grammar that can be changed without affecting the central theory)
The minor, less important grammatical rules that handle exceptions and unusual cases in language, as opposed to the main core rules.
falsification(Deductive logic applied to scientific hypothesis testing)
The logical refutation of a hypothesis h_i by evidence, occurring when b·c·e jointly entail ~h_i, derived via modus tollens from h_i·b·c ⊨ ~e and the observation of e