LIN203H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Indo-European Languages, Latvian Lats, Proto-Indo-European Language
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Morphs- smallest unitin a word that contributes meaning/function. Morpheme more abstract unit morph wi same function or origin. Allomorph-one of the morphs that instaniates a morphene a- theism a- nimal a- pnea an-onymous an-aesthetic an-hydrous wise wisdom when you add dom frag-ile frang-ible it is a single morpheme but frag in ile but frange in ible. There is no good reason that is just a thing that learner so a language have to deal with. So from your perspective, what you have to learn isa that frag morpheme has an allomorph frang. Both root morphemes and affixes can have multiple allomorphs. Wise is a free root and has multiple allomorphs wise and wis. Frag is a bound (cid:373)orphe(cid:373)e (cid:449)ith (cid:373)ultiple allo(cid:373)orphs (frag sdoes(cid:374)"t exist by itself) The patterns of allomorphy: have the same function/approximate meaning, choice of which allomorph to use depends on other nearby morphemes in the same word, share history or related pronounciation.
