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• immediate constituent analysis — ▪ linguistics also called  Ic Analysis,         in linguistics, a system of grammatical analysis that divides sentences into successive layers, or constituents, until, in the final layer, each constituent consists of only a word or meaningful… …   Universalium

• Analysis — A*nal y*sis, n.; pl. {Analyses}. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to unloose, to dissolve, to resolve into its elements; ? up + ? to loose. See {Loose}.] 1. A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• analysis — ► NOUN (pl. analyses) 1) a detailed examination of the elements or structure of something. 2) the separation of something into its constituent elements. 3) psychoanalysis. ORIGIN Greek analusis, from analuein unloose …   English terms dictionary

• analysis — /euh nal euh sis/, n., pl. analyses / seez /. 1. the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis). 2. this process as a method of studying the nature of something or of determining its… …   Universalium

• Constituent (linguistics) — In syntactic analysis, a constituent is a word or a group of words that functions as a single unit within a hierarchical structure. Phrases (noun phrases, verbal phrases, etc.) are usually constituents of a clause, but clauses may also be… …   Wikipedia

• analysis — The process of breaking a concept down into more simple parts, so that its logical structure is displayed. At its most elementary this may be revealed by a dictionary definition (‘to be a vixen is to be a female fox’). But analytical philosophy,… …   Philosophy dictionary

• analysis — /əˈnæləsəs / (say uh naluhsuhs) noun (plural analyses /əˈnæləsiz/ (say uh naluhseez)) 1. separation of a whole, whether a material substance or any matter of thought, into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis). 2. this process as a… …  

• analysis — n. (pl. analyses) 1 a a detailed examination of the elements or structure of a substance etc. b a statement of the result of this. 2 Chem. the determination of the constituent parts of a mixture or compound. 3 psychoanalysis. 4 Math. the use of… …   Useful english dictionary

• analysis — noun /əˈnælɪsɪs,ˈænəlɪsɪz/ a) A process of dismantling or separating into constituent elements in order to study the nature, function, or meaning. b) The result of such a process. Ant …   Wiktionary

• analysis — [ə nalɪsɪs] noun (plural analyses si:z) 1》 a detailed examination of something in order to interpret or explain it. 2》 the process of separating something into its constituent elements. Often contrasted with synthesis.     ↘the process of… …   English new terms dictionary

• analysis — a•nal•y•sis [[t]əˈnæl ə sɪs[/t]] n. pl. ses [[t] ˌsiz[/t]] 1) the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis). 2) this process as a method of studying the nature of something or of… …   From formal English to slang