LIN203H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Great Vowel Shift, Allomorph, English Plurals
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These similar morphs that can make a noun plural. They have the same function and similar pronunciations, they can be thought of as variant forms of the same thing. Allomorphs: are morphs that change their shape depending on their surrounding or morphological context. Morphs that are forms of the same morpheme are called allomorphs. 1, allomorphs of the same morpheme all have the same function. Two morphs that look alike ,but belong to different morphemes. The meaning of affixes: -ary as in stationary, arbitrary, momentary, -ary is that it turns in to an adj. 2, allomorphs of the same morpheme are selected depending on other morphs in the word. Variation in the form of a morpheme is usually caused by something in its context, either certain sounds or particular morphs. Examples: variation in the regular plural morpheme is determined by sound it attaches to. Nouns ending in /p/, /t/, /k/ take /-s/ lips, kit, dock.
