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L01 What is language analysis? How do we analyze language? Consider the sentence: - Children are watching some programmes on television in the house -------------------------------------------- Analysis into Chunks o What are the "chunks"? + [[ Children ]] (( are watching )) [[ some programmes ]] [[ on television ]] [[ in the house ]] o Chunks * Noun chunks (NP, PP) in square brackets * Verb chunks (VG) in parentheses o Chunks represent objects - Noun chunks represent objects/concepts - Verb chunks represent actions -------------------------------------------- 1 (( NP 1.1 children )) 2 (( VG 2.1 are 2.2 watching )) 3 (( NP 3.1 some 3.2 programmes )) 4 (( PP 4.1 on 4.2 (( 4.2.1 television )) )) 5 (( PP 5.1 in 5.2 (( 5.2.1 the 5.2.2 house )) ))..........................................NEXT PREVIOUS INDEX