ALLOMORPH

ALLOMPORPH

 An allomorph is one of two or more complementary morphs ( the phonetic realizationof morpheme), which manifiest a morpheme in its different phonological or more morph (surface form) in different environments. These morph are called allomorph.

Allomorph is the variant of morphem. The variant morphem is found in pronunciation, or the allomorphs of morpheme are deruved from phonological rules and anny morphme rules that may apply to that morphem.

Example of allomorph:

The plural morp in in english, usually written as (S), has at least three allomorphs:

•     (s)                 as in                       hats                     haets
•     (z)                as in                       dogs                     dogz 
•    (iz)                as in                      boxes                     baksis

The past form morpheme (ed) usually has also three allomorphs

• (d)               as in             slammed                  slaemd
• (t)                as in             slliped                      sllpt
• (id)              as in             stilted                       stlltd

The negative morpheme changes “n” the prefix (in) to the consonant of the word it prefixes:

• (II)               as in               illegal                      I’Ii:gl
• (Im)             as in               impatient                  Im’petfn
• (Ii)               as in               irregular                   Iregjele(r)
• (In)              as in               inconsiderate            Inken’sIderet

Conclusion:

1.       Allomorphome is aunit of meaning that varies in sound     w             without  changing its meaning 
2.       Allomorphs are often a part of a word 
3.       Allomorps are concerned with the pronunciation of word.