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Glossary of Literary Theory |
Surface structure
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Term used by Noam Chomsky in his theory of generative-transformational
grammar to distinguish the structure of a particular speech act (parole)
from the "deep structure" or "base component" of the
system of language that generates it. (See also Deep
structure, Linguistics
and literary theory.)
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