🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

深層構造

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shinsō kōzō

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Deep Structure/diːp ˈstrʌk.tʃər/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"生成文法では、文の深層構造と表層構造を区別する。"

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    In transformational grammar, the underlying syntactic representation of a sentence that conveys its core semantic meaning before transformations are applied.

    "Chomsky's theory suggests that all human languages share a similar deep-structure."

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The term 'deep structure' originates from the field of linguistics, particularly associated with Noam Chomsky's theories in the 1960s. It refers to the underlying syntactic structure of a sentence, which can be transformed into various surface structures. The concept evolved from earlier grammatical theories that focused on surface forms of language.

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