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.
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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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