deep structure

deep structure

noun Linguistics.
(in transformational-generative grammar) the underlying semantic or syntactic representation of a sentence, from which the surface structure may be derived.


Origin:
1960–65, Americanism
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Deep structure is always a great word to know.
So is contrast. Does it mean:
distinctive feature analysis articulated in the region extending from the alveolar ridge to the lips; alveolar, dental, labial
to differ in a way that can serve to distinguish meanings: The sounds (p) and (b) contrast in the words ?pin? and ?bin?
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deep structure
 
n
generative grammar Compare surface structure a representation of a sentence at a level where logical or grammatical relations are made explicit, before transformational rules have been applied

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