Deep and Surface Structures Dear Sir
| Author | R.W. Anderson |
| Published date | 01 March 1982 |
| Date | 01 March 1982 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/026455058202900120 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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can
aspire
to
is
a
situation
where
everyone
concerned
knows
what
it
is
an
alternative
to,
and
it
is
this
point
I
have
tried
to
engage
in
my
more
recent
work
on
commumty
service.
Yours
sincerely,
KEN
PEASE
Ulster
Polytechnic
Deep
and
Surface
Structures
Dear
Sir,
I
feel
bound
to
respond
to Ian
Han-
kinson’s
letter
criticising
my
article
in
the
June
issue.
I
do
think
he
should
have
stuck
with
his intuitive
response
which
was
un-
printable,
regrettably
he
didn’t.
What
interests
me
most
about
his
letter
is
that
he
has
largely
dealt
with
what
he
thinks
I
was
trying
to
say,
rather
than
what
I
think
I
actually
said.
Some
of
the
background
for
the
ideas
I
expressed
in
the
article
comes
from
the
field
of
linguistics
and
communications
theory.
One
such
idea
is
that
every
spoken
or
written
sentence
has
a
surface
structure
which
is
apparent
and
a
deep
structure
which
we
infer.
As
an
example
the
statement
’Janet
bought
a
car’
is
a
surface
structure,
the
deep
structure
we
infer
is
that
she
bought
it
from
some-
one,
with
some
money.
At
that
level
there
is
a
fairly
straight
connection
between
surface
and
deep
structure.
As
the
surface
material
becomes
less
pre-
cise
or
common
the
deep
structure
infer-
ences
can
become
more
varied.
My
mis-
take
was
in
providing
a
very
vague
sur-
face
structure
-
Mr
Hankinson
has
responded
on
the
basis
of
his
deep
struc-
ture,
not
mine.
I’m
to
blame
for
that,
as
my
communication
was
faulty,
but
I’m
working
on
a
more
precise
and
clear
surface
structure
for
a
later
issue.
Yours
faithfully,
R.
W.
ANDERSON
Probation
Officer,
Cheltenham
Congratulations
Dear
Sir,
May
I
send
you
and
your
editorial
board
a
word
of
congratulations
upon
the
new
format
of
Probation
Journal?
I
believe,
however,
that
the
content
of
any
professional
journal
is
even
more
important
than
its
&dquo;cover&dquo;.
In
this
respect,
I
am
very
pleased
to
see
some
excellent
articles
on
professional
matters
and
I
am
confident
that
this
high
stand-
ard
will
continue.
It
is
most
important
that
the
develop-
ment
of
the
Probation
Service
should
be
assisted
by
the
opportunity
to
consider
professional
matters
in
this
way-so
my
very
best
wishes
for
the
future
success
of
Probation
Journal.
All
good
wishes,
Yours
sincerely,
DAVID
MATHIESON
Chief
Probation
Officer,
Merseyside.
&dquo;&dquo;
I
mnd
the
Editorial
Advisory
Board
are
particularly
grateful
for
this
letter
of
f
apprec:o~’
Ed.
Keep
your
letters
coming!
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