TON DUC THANG UNIVERSITY
Faculty of Foreign Languages
MORPHOLOGY - 001167
Chapter 2: IMMEDIATE CONSTITUENTS
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CHAPTER 2
2.1 Definition on an IC
2.2 Recommendations on IC division
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2.1 DEFINITION OF AN IC
Immediate Constituents: “are any of the
two meaningful parts forming a larger linguistic
unit.” [Arnold, 1986: 83]
e.g.
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un
gentle man ly
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2.2 RECOMMENDATIONS
on IC DIVISION
1. A word ends in an inflectional suffix: the
first division between this suffix and the
rest of the word.
e.g. un likeli er
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pre conceiv (e)
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2.2 RECOMMENDATIONS
on IC DIVISION
2. One of the ICs should be a free morpheme or
a meaningful construction.
e.g.
Wrong
Right
en large ment
en large ment
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2.2 RECOMMENDATIONS
on IC DIVISION
3. The meaning of the ICs should be related to
the meaning of the word.
e.g. “restrain”
wrong
right
rest rain
re strain
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EXERCISES
What is wrong?
Exercise 8-27 (page 105)
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EXERCISES
Diagram these words to show the layers of
structure.
1. itemized
2. preprofessional
3. newspaperdom
4. counter-declaration
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5. Icelandic
6. supernatural
7. uncomfortable
8. mid-afternoon
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EXERCISES
Diagram these words to show the layers of
structure.
9. festival
10. mal-construction
11. contradictory
12. dis-enthrone
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13. engaging
14. expression
15. mis-judment
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HOMEWORK
Do the exercises in
• [1]: pp 109-110
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