Question

Words that are actually written with their real meaning is called:

• A. Transformational Structure
• B. Deep Structure
• C. Social Structure
• D. Surface Structure

Answer 1

Answer:

D. Surface Structure

In psychology, surface structure is a term used in linguistics to describe the form of a sentence as it appears in written or spoken language: 

• Definition

  Surface structure is the form of a sentence that is heard or seen. It is the structure of a sentence as it appears in speech or writing, as opposed to its underlying deep structure. 

• Origin

  The term was coined by Noam Chomsky, who was a major contributor to the development of transformational grammar. 

• Relationship to deep structure

  Chomsky's theory states that a single deep structure can be transformed into many different surface structures. Deep structure refers to the sentence's most basic units of meaning, while surface structure is the words and language used to represent that meaning. 

• Transformations

  Transformations are processes or rules that involve the addition, deletion, or reordering of sentence elements. These transformations can include conjugation, inflection, or the inclusion of auxiliaries. 

• Research

  Psycholinguists have studied whether the surface structure to deep structure relationship can be used as a model for how sentences are formed and interpreted.