MORPHS AND ALLOMORPHS 30-11-2016

Morphs, the actual forms used to realize morphemes. 

A morph is the phonetic realization of a morpheme. The real form of the morpheme, the actual utterance of the morpheme.

Example:
                     cats                           bus
               [cat + (-s)]             [bus + (-es)]

Allomorphs, any of the different forms of a morpheme.

Allomorph is phonologically distinct variants of the same morpheme. 

Different realization, manifestation of the same morpheme. 

They vary in shape or pronunciation according to their condition of use. 

They are a class of morphs which are semantically identical. 

Example:  Plural Formation: desks [-s], cars [-z], buses [-iz]
Morpheme: [-s]
Allomorphs  /-s/ /-z/ /-iz/

Example:    Past Tense: called [-d], talked [-t], glided [-id]
Morpheme: [-d]
Allomorphs  /-d/ /-t/ /-id/

30-11-2016 QUIZ FOR THE WEEK

 Quiz for the week 30-11-2016

What is 'suppletion' in morphology?

 Quote few examples of English suppletive form described in Unit-7 'Morphology'

23-11-2016 PROBLEMS IN MORPHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION

QUIZ FOR THE WEEK 23-11-2016

            Q.  Name any five famous linguists                                        with their published books.

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16-11-2016 QUIZ FOR THE WEEK

Choose the best answer:

      1.      In English, a few inflectional morphemes can occur as prefixes.         (a) True     (b) False

2.      A word can't be a morpheme. (a) True      (b) False

      3.      Inflectional morphemes are more productive than derivational morphemes.                          (a) True    (b)   False

      4.      Which of the following is the correct division of the word repaired (meaning 'mended,   fixed') into morphemes?                        (a) re-pair-ed       (b) repair-ed        (c) re-paired       (d)  repaired 

16-11-2016 CLASSIFICATION OF MORPHEMES:TREE DIAGRAM

QUIZ FOR THE WEEK: 9-11-2016

Quiz for the week 9-11-2016

Fill in the blanks.

1.     (a)------------------------ deals with the way words combine to form phrases and sentences. Alternatively, one can say that it is concerned with the structure        of  (b)--------------- in terms of  (c) -----------------------.

2.    (a) ------------------------ deals with meaning.

3. (a)------------------------ studies the way morphemes combine to form words. Alternatively, one can say that it studies the structure of  (b) ------------------------ in terms of (c) ----------------------.

  4.          (a) ----------------------- is the study of speech sounds.

 5.  (a)------------------------  deals with the way phonemes combine to form syllables.            Alternatively, one can say that it studies the structure of  (b) ------------------------          in terms of (c) ----------------------.