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surface structure
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surface structure
n.
In generative grammar, the structure that corresponds with the actual form of a sentence.

surface structure
n
(Linguistics / 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


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