deep structure
noun
: a formal representation of the underlying semantic content of a sentence
also
: the structure which such a representation specifies
Examples of deep structure in a Sentence
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This comes in handy during the colder months when fish are grouped up around a piece of deep structure or in a wintering hole.
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Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
What are the deep structure patterns that recreate your reoccurring problem?
—Jay Steven Levin, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
The other surprising pattern, at last to me, is the deep structure of the Italian population.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 17 July 2012
Early in her restless, inventive career, Elizabeth Phelps was trying to understand the deep structure of memory by showing word lists to people with amnesia — patients who’d survived a brain injury or stroke but lost the ability to remember.
—Kat McGowan, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2014
Hidden agents lie in the deep structure of the system.
—Jay Steven Levin, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
Gavarini Chiniera and Ginestra Casa Maté before turning over winemaking duties to his son Gianluca; both wines display the rich tannins and deep structure that this commune is known for.
—Tom Hyland, Forbes, 25 July 2022
With the exception of inside linebacker, and possibly cornerback, the two-deep structure has snapped together cleanly during lopsided victories over Akron and Rutgers.
—Nathan Baird, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2021
But none of those applications get to the deep structure of biology—likely a beacon of future creativity.
—Frank Wilczek, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2021
Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
What are the deep structure patterns that recreate your reoccurring problem?
—Jay Steven Levin, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
The other surprising pattern, at last to me, is the deep structure of the Italian population.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 17 July 2012
Early in her restless, inventive career, Elizabeth Phelps was trying to understand the deep structure of memory by showing word lists to people with amnesia — patients who’d survived a brain injury or stroke but lost the ability to remember.
—Kat McGowan, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2014
Hidden agents lie in the deep structure of the system.
—Jay Steven Levin, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
Gavarini Chiniera and Ginestra Casa Maté before turning over winemaking duties to his son Gianluca; both wines display the rich tannins and deep structure that this commune is known for.
—Tom Hyland, Forbes, 25 July 2022
With the exception of inside linebacker, and possibly cornerback, the two-deep structure has snapped together cleanly during lopsided victories over Akron and Rutgers.
—Nathan Baird, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2021
But none of those applications get to the deep structure of biology—likely a beacon of future creativity.
—Frank Wilczek, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2021
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