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surface structure
surface structuren. In early theories of generative grammar, the abstract syntactic structure of a construction, derived from deep structure, that determines and corresponds most closely with observed word order.surface structure n (Grammar) generative grammar a representation of a string of words or morphemes as they occur in a sentence, together with labels and brackets that represent syntactic structure. Compare deep structure sur′face struc`ture
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(in transformational grammar) 1. a structural representation of the final syntactic form of a sentence, as it exists after the transformational component has modified a deep structure. 2. the string of words that is actually produced. Translationssurface structure
surface structure (LINGUISTICS) see DEEP AND SURFACE STRUCTURE. |