Phrases and

Sentences
Three structures of Descriptive Approach

• Structural • Immediate • Labeled

Analysis constituent and
analysis bracketed
diagram

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Structural Analysis
. The main concern of the structural analysis is to investigate
the distribution of forms in language. Structural means
when you are attached to the grammatical rules.

The ________ makes a lot of noise

Use of Test frames

There are a lot of forms which can fit into these slots to
produce good grammatical structures.

Example : Hifza, car, dog , radio etc------- Noun category

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2.Immediate Constituent Analysis
. ICA is designed to show how small constituents in the
sentence go together to form large constitutes. In the
following sentence, we can identify eight constituents.

(at word level)

Her father brought a gun to the wedding

Use of Test frames

1. Her 2. father 3. brought 4.a 5. gun 6. to 7.the

8. wedding

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At phrase level
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Her father , gun, the wedding --- noun phrase

To the wedding ------ propositional Phrase

Brought a shotgun----- verb phrase

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3. Labeled and Bracketed Sentences
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