LING477 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Bound And Unbound Morphemes, Allomorph, Sibilant
27 Sep 2017
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The plural allomorph [s] is attached to a noun which ends with a voiceless sound. [ez] used if the preceding sound is a sibilant. [z] used if the preceding sound is voiced. [s] used if the preceding sound is voiceless. Can be phonologically conditioned or lexically conditioned. Distribution is accounted for by individual words. Allomorphs are chosen according to the particular word the morpheme is attached to. The plural forms of words oxen v. books. The participle form of verbs given, eaten, vs. finished, wanted. Depending on whether it is stressed or not. A morpheme which can be a word by itself. A morpheme which cannot be a word by itself. A root may be a free or a bound morpheme. A bound root is a root that cannot stand alone as words. Affixes - bound morphemes that are not a root. Derivational affixes have meaningful content; often changes the category of the word.
