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Morphology - Coggle Diagram
Morphology
Morpheme:
Smallest element of
meaning in language
Mental, abstract representation of
a minimal element of meaning in language
Free Morpheme
Root
Bound Morpheme
Affixes
Derivational Morpheme
Inflectional Morpheme
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Allomorph
One of several phonetic
realizations of a morpheme
A and An are allomorphs of the
same morpheme
Allomorphs are phonetic
variants of a morph
Allomorph is an alternative pronunciation of a morpheme in a particular context.
Plural morpheme in English
[s]
cats [kæts]
[ə]
horses [hɔɹsəz]
[z]
dogs [dagz]
Past tense
[d]
called [kald]
[əd]
wanted [wantəd]
[t]
passed [pæst ]
Difference between a
morpheme and allomorph
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A morph represents the formation of a morpheme, or rather its phonetic realization
An allomorph presents the way that morpheme might sound when pronounced in a specific language or its phonological realization
Allomorphs are often a part of a word.
Morphemes can be a word or part of a word.
The
main difference
between
morpheme and allomorph
is that morpheme is concerned with the
meaning and structure of a word
whereas allomorph is
concerned with the sound.