allomorphs

  • 1allomorphs — n. substance whose chemical structure remains the same but whose form may change (Chemistry); one of the forms of a morpheme (Linguistics) …

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  • 2linguistics — /ling gwis tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics. [1850 55; see LINGUISTIC, ICS] * * * Study of the nature and structure of… …

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  • 3Morpheme — Examples Unbreakable comprises three morphemes: un (a bound morpheme signifying not ), break (the root, a free morpheme), and able (a bound morpheme signifying doable ). Allomorphs of the plural morpheme for regular nouns: /s/ (e.g. in cats… …

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  • 4Allomorph — This article is about a linguistic term. See Pseudomorph for another meaning of the word. An allomorph is a linguistics term for a variant form of a morpheme. The concept occurs when a unit of meaning can vary in sound (phonologically) without… …

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  • 5Yaghan language — language name=Yahgan/Yámana nativename=Háusi Kúta familycolor=Isolate states=Chile region=Tierra del Fuego speakers=1 iso2=sai|iso3=yagYagán (originally Yahgan, but also now spelled Yaghan, Jagan, Iakan), also known as Yámana and Háusi Kúta, is… …

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  • 6Ottawa morphology — Main article: Ottawa language Ottawa has complex systems of both inflectional and derivational morphology. Like other dialects of Ojibwe, Ottawa employs complex combinations of inflectional prefixes and suffixes to indicate grammatical… …

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  • 7morphophonemics — noun plural but singular in construction Date: 1938 1. a study of the phonemic differences between allomorphs of the same morpheme 2. the distribution of allomorphs in one morpheme 3. the structure of a language in terms of morphophonemics …

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  • 8Morphophonology — (also morphophonemics, morphonology) is a branch of linguistics which studies, in general, the interaction between morphological and phonetic processes. When a morpheme is attached to a word, it can alter the phonetic environments of other… …

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  • 9Maidu language — Northeastern Maidu Májdy Spoken in United States Region California Native speakers 1 or 2  (date missing) …

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  • 10Tübatulabal language — Infobox Language name=Tübatulabal region=Kern River, California, United States speakers=Possibly 6Gordon (2005).] familycolor=American fam1=Uto Aztecan fam2=Northern iso2=nai iso3=tubTübatulabal (IPA: IPA|təˈbɑtələˌbɑl ) is a Uto Aztecan language …

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