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    IC analysis is a tool in structural linguistics that breaks down sentences into their smallest meaningful constituents for analyzing sentence structure. It was introduced by Leonard Bloomfield in 1933 and further developed by others. IC analysis views a sentence as a sequence of immediate constituents, where the sentence and its constituents are isolated hierarchically. There are two types of IC analysis - formal labeling based on grammatical categories, and functional labeling based on the function of constituents like subject, predicate, and modifier. While IC analysis provides a method for describing sentence structure, it has limitations such as not providing a theoretical framework and not handling exceptions.

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    IC analysis is a tool in structural linguistics that breaks down sentences into their smallest meaningful constituents for analyzing sentence structure. It was introduced by Leonard Bloomfield in 1933 and further developed by others. IC analysis views a sentence as a sequence of immediate constituents, where the sentence and its constituents are isolated hierarchically. There are two types of IC analysis - formal labeling based on grammatical categories, and functional labeling based on the function of constituents like subject, predicate, and modifier. While IC analysis provides a method for describing sentence structure, it has limitations such as not providing a theoretical framework and not handling exceptions.

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    IC analysis is a tool in structural linguistics that breaks down sentences into their smallest meaningful constituents for analyzing sentence structure. It was introduced by Leonard Bloomfield in 1933 and further developed by others. IC analysis views a sentence as a sequence of immediate constituents, where the sentence and its constituents are isolated hierarchically. There are two types of IC analysis - formal labeling based on grammatical categories, and functional labeling based on the function of constituents like subject, predicate, and modifier. While IC analysis provides a method for describing sentence structure, it has limitations such as not providing a theoretical framework and not handling exceptions.

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    BUSHRA AHMAD I C ANALYSIS

    M.A. ELT I SEMESTER


    16ETM05
    WHAT IS IC ANALYSIS
    • A tool in structural linguistics

    • Immediate - Constituent Analysis

    • A system of grammatical analysis

    • Analyses sentence structure

    • Introduced by Leonard Bloomfield in 1933

    • Further developed by Roulon Wells and Zellig Harris


    DEFINITION
    IC Analysis is:
    • a system

    • of breaking down sentences

    • into their smallest meaningful constituents

    • for analysing their structure.


    EXAMPLE:
    I am giving a presentation

    I am giving a presentation

    am giving a presentation

    am giving a presentation
    (give + ing) (present + ation)
    FEATURES
    • Idea– a sentence is a sequence of components

    • Sentence – CONSTRUCTION

    • I, am giving a presentation – IMMEDIATE CONSTITUENTS

    • I, am, give + ing, a, present + ation – ULTIMATE CONSTITUENTS

    • Order of elements is (usually) unchanged

    • IC cuts are (usually) binary

    • Isolates the constituents hierarchically


    LABELLED IC ANALYSIS
    1. Formal Labelling
    On the basis of grammatical category/form
    Barking dogs seldom bite

    Noun Phrase Verb Phrase


    barking dogs seldom bite

    Adjective Noun Adverb Verb


    barking dogs seldom bite
    2. Functional Labelling
    On the basis of the function of the constituents
    • Structure of predication (Subject + Predicate)

    • Structure of modification (Head + Modifier)

    • Structure of complementation (Verbal + Complement)

    • Structure of subordination (Subordinator + Dependent

    unit)
    • Structure of co ordination (Independent unit +

    Coordinator + Independent unit)


    My friend ate apples and oranges in the morning

    Subject Predicate
    My friend ate apples and oranges in the morning

    Head Modifier Verbal Complement


    my friend ate apples and oranges in the morning

    Head Modifier
    apples and oranges in the morning

    Independent Coordinator Independent Subordinator Dependent


    unit and unit in unit
    apples oranges the morning

    Modifier Head
    the morning
    LIMITATIONS
    • Constructional homonymy

    • Ambiguous sentences

    • Discontinuous expressions

    • A method

    • Simply describes, no theory

    • A lot of exceptions
    THANK YOU

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