The sequence of words as they are actually spoken or written is called the ____ of language.

A) surface structure
B) situational grammar
C) deep structure
D) transformational grammar

Surface Structure

In linguistics, the outward form of a sentence, which can vary without changing the core meaning.

Deep Structure

A concept in linguistics, referring to the underlying syntactic structure or meaning of a sentence, as opposed to its surface structure.

Transformational Grammar

A linguistic theory proposed by Noam Chomsky that describes how deep structures of language are transformed into surface structures.