Definition
An immediate constituent is any one of the largest grammatical units that constitute a construction. Immediate constituents are often further reducible.
Examples (English)
In the complex noun phrase the dog that killed the cat, each of the following items are immediate constituents:
• the
• dog
• that killed the cat
Source: www.thefreedictionary.com/immediate+constituent-16.10.2011
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