TON DUC THANG UNIVERSITY

Faculty of Foreign Languages

MORPHOLOGY - 001167

Chapter 2: IMMEDIATE CONSTITUENTS

Designed by Lam Quang Tuyet Minh

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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. 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 pre conceiv (e)

ed

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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 5. Icelandic
2. preprofessional 6. supernatural
3. newspaperdom 7. uncomfortable
4. counter-declaration 8. mid-afternoon

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 EXERCISES
Diagram these words to show the layers of
structure.

9. festival
10. mal-construction 13. engaging
11. contradictory 14. expression
12. dis-enthrone 15. mis-judment

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 HOMEWORK
Do the exercises in
• [1]: pp 109-110

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