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surface structure

n.
In early theories of generative grammar, the abstract syntactic structure of a construction, derived from deep structure, that determines and corresponds most closely with observed word order.
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surface structure

n
(Grammar) generative grammar a representation of a string of words or morphemes as they occur in a sentence, together with labels and brackets that represent syntactic structure. Compare deep structure
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sur′face struc`ture


n.
(in transformational grammar)
1. a structural representation of the final syntactic form of a sentence, as it exists after the transformational component has modified a deep structure.
2. the string of words that is actually produced.
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'The invention relates to a safety element (1) comprising a device body (2) having a transparent plastic layer (3), on a layer surface (4) of which microstructures (5) are formed, wherein diffractive surface structures (7) are additionally formed in the same layer surface (4), and the invention also relates to a method for manufacture, a lamination sheet and a verification method (see figure 1)
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