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surface structure
A noun phrase is a group of words that acts like a noun in a sentence or phrase (e.g., un je ne sais quoi).
a. la structure de surface (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. French nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la dame or la lune) or masculine (like l'homme or le soleil).
Surface structure was an important concept in earlier generative grammar.La structure de surface était un concept important dans les premières formulations de la grammaire générative.
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