DEEP STRUCTURE


Meaning of DEEP STRUCTURE in English

Ling.

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

[ 1960-65, Amer. ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .