standard theory

noun

The original Chomskyan model of generative grammar, based around two different representations of a sentence (deep structure and surface structure) linked by transformational grammar.

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nounstandard theory (uncountable)
  1. uncountablegrammarThe original Chomskyan model of generative grammar, based around two different representations of a sentence (deep structure and surface structure) linked by transformational grammar.
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