ATS1338 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Allomorph, Antipasto, Iced Tea
9 Aug 2018
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Morphemes are abstract - they refer to the actual units of meaning. Morphs are the physical forms, the actual fragments of sound, representing the morphemes: Morphemes can have a number of different phonological shapes, called allomorphs. Words beginning with a consonant produce the allomorph a, and words beginning with a vowel produce an iced tea entree antipasto irish stew omelette. If the same function and the same meaning are associated with different forms, these different. They are therefore allomorphs of the morpheme forms all represent the same morphemes. Consider the plural forms of the following three groups: The english plural is spelled (or ), but has at least three different phonetic forms: Speakers automatically assign the correct plural quite subconsciously. Which allomorph appears depends on the sound of the final segment of the stem. [s] occurs after stems ending in a voiceless sound (excluding sibilants hissy sounds !) [z] occurs after stems ending in a voiced sound (excluding sibilants)
