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Interpretation:
The numbers in the top line would stand for the rise and fall
in pitch. They must have been placed at the top layer because
suprasegmentals are over the segmentals.
2
2
3 2
3 1
The
The
The
won
won
won
lady
lady
lady
prize
The first binary division separates the subject the lady from
the predicate won the grand prize. The next binary division
concerns the subject which is divided into the article the which
signals the noun headword lady. The third division is between the
predicate verb won and its complement the grand prize which it
signals. Finally, the last division takes place between the
adjective grand and the noun headword prize which it modifies. At
this stage, the ultimate constituents of the sentence have been
singled out except for the verb win and its past tense morpheme.
Using Tree Diagram Model
Finally, among those who also used lines to show binary
division in IC analysis was John Lyons (1968). He, however
indicated what made up each level in the hierarchical structure of
the sentence. By indicating what made up a given layer and by
coming up with a tree-like diagram, Lyons may be said to be
employing a model similar to what Chomsky used for his
transformational generative grammar. Below shows the tree diagram
of the sentence Industrious workers work hard.
Using Boxes
IC analysis may also make use of boxes instead of lines.
Charles Hocketts bottom-up model included not only the words of
the sentence but even its phonological and morphological units. The
same sentence in the previous diagram would be analyzed by Charles
Hockett as follows:
Sources:
Immediate
Constituent
Analysis. (2015).
In Encyclopdia
Britannica.