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What is the nature of language? Characteristics of human language Language acquisition Empiricism and nativism Language structure Deep and surface structures Language and thought

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Transformational rules Meaning Generative rules Deep-structure sentence Transformational rules Surface-structure sentence

Transformational rules Meaning Generative rules Deep-structure sentence Transformational rules Surface-structure sentence

Different surface structures can be related to the same deep structure. and… Different deep structures can be related to the same surface structure.

Sentence The boys hit the ball. noun phrase verb phrase article noun

Sentence noun phrase verb phrase The ball hit the boys. by was article auxiliary verb preposition noun phrase article noun The ball hit the boys. by was