When you wish to communicate an idea, you start with a thought, then choose words and phrases that will express the idea, and finally produce the speech sounds that make up those words and phrases. This is what Chomsky calls a(n) ________.
A) transformation
B) interpolation
C) heuristic
D) transaction

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Chomsky refers to this process as a "transformation," which involves converting deep structures of thought into surface structures of language.

When You Wish to Communicate an Idea, You Start with a Thought