immediate constituent

immediate constituent

noun Grammar.
one of the usually two largest constituents of a construction: The immediate constituents of He ate his dinner are he and ate his dinner; of ate his dinner are ate and his dinner; etc. Abbreviation: IC


Origin:
1930–35
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Immediate constituent is always a great word to know.
So is circumflex. Does it mean:
an exclamation point.
a circumflex mark or accent.
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immediate constituent
 
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a constituent of a linguistic construction at the first step in an analysis; for example, the immediate constituents of a sentence are the subject and the predicate

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