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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

심층 구조

Pronunciation / Transliteration: simcheung gujo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
deep-structure/ˈdiːpˌstrʌktʃə/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"생성 문법에서는 심층 구조와 표층 구조를 구분합니다."

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As noun
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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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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined by linguist Noam Chomsky in the 1960s within generative grammar, combining 'deep' (underlying) and 'structure' (arrangement).

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