表ひょう層そう形けい

noun

surface form

Linguistics term referring to the actual spoken or written form of a word or phrase, as opposed to its underlying representation.

• 音おん韻いん論ろんでは、表ひょう層そう形けいと基き底てい形けいを区く別べつする。

  In phonology, we distinguish between surface forms and underlying forms.