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Deep structure: Deep structure in linguistics is the underlying abstract representation of a sentence, which captures its meaning and grammatical relationships. It is contrasted with surface structure, which is the actual form of the sentence as it is spoken or written. See also Surface structure._____________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 Deep Structure - Dictionary of Arguments
I 258 Deep structure/dissimilation/Lyons: concerns indirect speech in Greek. Two sentences can have different surface structures, but identical deep structures e.g. They denied the existence of God - They denied that God exists. >Surface structure, >Grammar, >Syntax, >Indirect speech, >Terminology/Lyons._____________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 |