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| Surface structure, linguistics: surface structure refers to the construction of a sentence, as it is directly accessible. For example, the division of a sentence into noun phrase (NP) and verbal phrase (VP) is visible in the surface structure. In contrast, the depth structure can only be obtained through analysis. See also depth structure, transformational grammar, universal grammar._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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John Lyons on Surface Structure - Dictionary of Arguments
I 269 Surface structure/Lyons: e.g. flying planes has the same surface structure/ as e.g. supersonic planes (adjective + noun). Deep structure: e.g. flying planes is in a transformational relationship to the deep structure of e.g. planes fly and planes are flying. Grammar: creates a matrix string of the form NP - be - A) and a constituent string of the form NP - V intr. >Deep structure, >Grammar, >Transformational grammar._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Ly II John Lyons Semantics Cambridge, MA 1977 Lyons I John Lyons Introduction to Theoretical Lingustics, Cambridge/MA 1968 German Edition: Einführung in die moderne Linguistik München 1995 |
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> Counter arguments against Lyons
> Counter arguments in relation to Surface Structure
Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-28