sub-categorization,次范畴化或子语类化;deep-structure /surface-structure深层结构/表层结构;X-bar theory,X阶标理论。都是生成语法的基本术语。
sub-categorizaton:the information about word's complement is included in the head and termed subcategorization.(简单中文解释:中心词的补语)
deep-structure:formed by the XP rule in accordance with the head's subcategorization properties, is called deep structure.(句子中主语,谓语的正常语序)
surface—structure:corresponding to the final syntactic form of the sentence which results from appropriate transformations, is called surface structure.(句子语序已经过改变)