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'''Allomorphy''' is the phenomenon that a single [[morpheme]] has different realizations, i.e. alternative forms depending on the phonological or morphological context in which it appears. In another type of allomorphy, the realization of a [[morpheme]] is conditioned by the presence of another [[morpheme]]. | '''Allomorphy''' is the phenomenon that a single [[morpheme]] has different realizations, i.e. alternative forms depending on the phonological or morphological context in which it appears. In another type of allomorphy, the realization of a [[morpheme]] is conditioned by the presence of another [[morpheme]]. | ||
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Allomorphy is the phenomenon that a single morpheme has different realizations, i.e. alternative forms depending on the phonological or morphological context in which it appears. In another type of allomorphy, the realization of a morpheme is conditioned by the presence of another morpheme.
Examples
In English, the plural suffix has three pronunciations:
(a) /s/ after nouns ending in a voiceless consonant (cats /kats/),
(b) /z/ after nouns ending in a voiced consonant (dogs /dogz/), and
(c) /ɪz/ after nouns ending in a coronal sibilant (horses /horsɪz/).
The English suffix -able is pronounced /ɪbl/ in adjectives such as possible and probable, but when the noun-forming suffix -ity is attached to it it is pronounced as /ɪbil/ (possibility, probability).
Link
Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics
References
- Aronoff, M. 1976. Word Formation in Generative Grammar. MIT-press, Cambridge, Mass.
- Scalise, S. 1984. Generative Morphology. Foris, Dordrecht.
- Spencer, A. 1991. Morphological Theory. Blackwell, Oxford.
