Noam Chomsky's extended version of his 1965 Aspects of the Theory of Syntax — the Extended Standard Theory (EST) incorporated semantic interpretation at surface structure and refined the theory of transformations.
Extended the scope of semantic interpretation from deep structure only to surface structure — resolving problems with quantifier scope and focus. Introduced the trace theory of movement transformations.
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