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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
deep structure

▶noun (in transformational grammar) the underlying logical relationships of the elements of a phrase or sentence. Contrasted with surface structure.

'deep structure' also found in these Oxford entries:

surface structure - transformation - transformational grammar

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