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Record 1 1986-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Grammar
DEF

The relationship which exists between elements of an actually produced sentence as a result of the linear sequencing of these elements, as opposed to deep structure, which reveals grammatical relations which underlie the surface structure and which are not immediately apparent from it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Grammaire
CONT

En grammaire générative, toute phrase réalisée comporte au moins deux structures : l'une, dit structure de surface, est l'organisation syntaxique de la phrase telle qu'elle se présente (...).

Spanish

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