Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
surface structure
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Remove ads
English
Noun
surface structure (plural surface structures)
- (linguistics) The outward form of a sentence; the specific arrangement of words and phrases as they appear in spoken or written language.
- Coordinate term: deep structure
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads