surface structure

collocation in English

meanings of surfaceand structure

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings.
surface
noun
uk /ˈsɜː.fɪs/ us /ˈsɝː-/
the outer or top part or layer ...
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structure
noun
uk /ˈstrʌk.tʃər/ us /ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ/
the way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in ...
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Examples of surface structure

surface structure
Given the appearance in surfacestructure of accents that have survived morphological and postlexical deletions and insertions, the presence of the tone is predictable.
On a neutral interpretation, it precedes all adjectives, which fact would follow from its higher surfacestructure position.
However, we have noted that surfacestructure in the present sense is not a representational level at all.
But they did not specify how these trees mapped onto surfacestructure and offered only promissory notes concerning the semantics.
Surfacestructure corresponds to many of the observable properties, like lines and colors, whereas deep structure refers to how the artwork is organized.
It is not the case that words that follow a trigger word in the surfacestructure also have the highest chance to be codeswitched.
It suggests that the surfacestructure is formed before language choice has taken place, for language choice can be influenced at the surface level.
This was usually followed by macroscopic changes in leaf surfacestructure, namely protrusion of the minor leaf veins.
Should the material surfacestructure not be strong enough to resist the impact forces, the material may be torn or its surface otherwise damaged.
It does rely on the notion of argument structure, but only as realized in attachments of words in surfacestructure.
The first point of view, or the surfacestructure of practical reason, is moral reasoning.
There is actually nothing in the surfacestructure which would rule out an interpretation of chair's leg as a descriptive genitive like women's magazine.
The eggs of the two species are easily differentiated by their surfacestructure and the condition of the eggs after eclosion.
It is the semantic analysis of a sentence, not its surfacestructure, that is considered semantically regular and transparent.
In other words, the reasons for violation of this constraint are non-apparent in surfacestructure.
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