Allomorphs

Flowchart nodes

• Allomorphs

• Allomorphs are variations or different pronunciations of a morpheme

• Phonological

• Morphological

• Lexical

• Types

• The sound structure conditions the choice of allomorphs

• The morphological contexts conditions the choice of allomorphs

• The choice of allomorphs depends on a particular lexic and cannot be determined

• Cats /s/ Chips Dogs /z/ Boxes /iz/ Horses

• Shelf - Shelves / Wife - Wives Watch - Watched / Love - Loved

• Bring - Brought / Catch - Caught Meet - Met / Break - Broke

• Additive

• Replacive

• Suppletive

• Zero

• Something is added to a word

• A word element that subtitutes for another element within a stem

• There is a complete change in the form of a word

• There is no change in the form of a word

• Watch - Watched / Trust - Trusted

• Run - Ran / Tooth - Teeth / Man - Men

• Catch - Caught / Bring - Brought

• Sheep - Sheep / Deer - Deer

• Lizzeth Díaz Julieta Mezeta Montse Santín Adriel Sosa

• Handke, J. [The Virtual Linguistics Campus] (2017, Abril 28) MOR106 - Morphological Alternation. Recuperado de: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp4wnANGn4s Nordquist, R. (2019) Thought Co.: Replacive (word elements). Recuperado de: https://www.thoughtco.com/replacive-word-elements-1691910

• Conditions