Question

What is IC analysis?

• A. A method of analyzing sentences
• B. A tool to analyse the structure of sentences
• C. Breaking up of sentences into constituents
• D. All of the above

Answer 1

Answer:

D. All of the above

IC analysis stands for Immediate Constituent analysis, which is:

• A method of analyzing sentences

• A tool used to analyze the structure of sentences, especially in structural grammar

• It involves breaking up sentences into their immediate constituents—that is, dividing them into smaller parts (phrases, words) to understand their grammatical structure

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Example:

Take the sentence: "The boy kicked the ball."

• It can be broken into two immediate constituents:

  • [The boy] (noun phrase)

  • [kicked the ball] (verb phrase)

These constituents can be further broken down (e.g., "the" + "boy", "kicked" + "the ball", etc.).