| Lemma | surface structure |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Chomsky (1969) |
| Titolo | Aspects of the theory of syntax |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | deep structure (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | The surface structure of the sentence is the derived Phrase-marker given as the output of the operations represented in the Transformation-marker. The deep structure of a sentence is submitted to the semantic component for semantic interpretation, and its surface structure enters the phonological component and undergoes phonetic interpretation. |