IC Analysis

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IC Analysis

• Immediate Constituent Cut
• (??????)

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constituents(????)

• comfort able
• base affix

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Massachusetts(free morpheme)

• environ ment al ly

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Word Formation Tree

• Adv
• A
• N
• V N A Adv
• environ ment al ly

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Immediate Constituent Analysis (IC Analysis)   

• Structuralism? ? ?? ??? ??? ??

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in words vs. phrases

• dancer, condense, untruly, Massachusetts
  refreshment,  unkindness, foundling
• old-maidish, ungentlemanliness, lens
• seventh-grader, disgraceful, disgracefully
• wild animal trainer
• my sister's book

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• N
• A
• A
• N
• A N
• un- gentle man -li -ness

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• Adv
• A
• N
• N
• dis- grace -ful -ly

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ltin clausesgt

• a. The little boy sings a song very well.
• b. the littleboy sings
  asong verywell

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• The little boy sings a song very well

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The little boy sings a song very well

• S
• NP VP
• V
• N NP
  AdvP
• D A N V D N Itn Adv

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Weaknesses of IC Analysis

• 1. discontinuous I.C.
•     He is a boy.      vs.   Is he a boy?
  (impossible)
• 2. ???? ?? ????? ?? ?? deep structure? ?? ???.
•     old stamp collector? ???? ??? ?????,
•     He is easy to please.
•     He is eager to please. ? ??? ???? ???.
• 3. growing lions a. The lions are growing.
•                        b. They grow lions.
• 4. Mary can't help you, but I can.