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One of the basic problems of the theory of core grammar is the determination of the levels of representation for the sentences of a language, and the characterization of the mappings that interconnect these levels of representation. Traditionally, a distinction was made between deep structure and surface structure, which were thought to be connected by transformational derivations.
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Koster, J. (1983). The Configurational Matrix. In: Tasmowski, L., Willems, D. (eds) Problems in Syntax. Studies in Language. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2727-1_15
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