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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









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     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
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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
	))		
	))		
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