Syntax

Question 1

What is recursion?

Answer 1

a process in which certain grammatical rules can be repeatedly applied, with the output of each application being input to the next, in principle indefinitely.

Question 2

What is the difference between Surface and Deep Structures?

Answer 2

Deep structure refers to the underlying meaning of a sentence as it is represented and comprehended in the brain while Surface structure, is the actual written or spoken form of the sentence.

Question 3

What is the significance of Chomsky’s famous sentence, “Colorless green ideas sleep furiously”?

Answer 3

It’s an example of a sentence whose grammar is correct but whose meaning is nonsensical,