Question

The phrase structure rules can be used to generate:

• A. Surface structure of a sentence
• B. Deep structure of a sentence
• C. Kernel sentence
• D. All of the above

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Deep structure of a sentence

Deep structure:

Represents the underlying meaning and grammatical structure of a sentence, before any transformations are applied. Phrase structure rules are designed to capture this underlying structure by specifying how phrases can be combined to form sentences. 

• Surface structure:

  This is the actual form of the sentence that we hear or read, which is derived from the deep structure through various transformations. 

• Kernel sentence:

  While related to deep structure, a kernel sentence is a simple, declarative sentence with no transformations applied, considered the core structure from which other sentences are derived.