问答题 What is the aim of IC(Immediate Constituent)analysis? Make an IC analysis of the following sentence by means of either brackets or a tree diagram.My mother said Mary liked the handbag.
【正确答案】正确答案:The aim of IC analysis is to discover and demonstrate the interrelationships of the words in a linguistic structure—the sentence or the word-combination. The IC analysis views the sentence not just as a linear sequence of elements but as a sequence made up of "layers" of immediate constituents, each lower-level constituent being part of a higher-level constituent.(3 points) Through IC analysis, the internal structure of a sentence may be demonstrated clearly, and ambiguities, if any, will be revealed.(2 points) We can analyze the sentence like this;
【答案解析】解析:考查直接成分分析法的目的。直接成分分析法是指先把句子分析为直接成分——词组(或短语),再把这些直接成分依次切分,得到各自的直接成分,层层切分,直到最终成分为止。本题可先从直接成分分析法的概念着手。通过直接成分分析法,句子的内在结构可以清晰地展示出来,如果有歧义也会被揭示出来。