Chapter 2 Flashcards
Allomorph
(morpheme alternant) two roots or morphological patterns are allomorphs if they
express the same meaning and occur in complementary distribution (subtypes: phonological
allomorph, suppletive allomorp
Alternation
the differences in pronunciation between 2 or more phonological allomorphs
subtypes: automatic alternation, morphophonological alternation
Cells
A position in a paradigm defined by the possible combination of inflectional values
Complementary distribution
when two morphs occur in non-overlapping environments, they
are in complementary distribution; a partial criterion for identifying allomorphs of the same
morpheme
Derivation/derivative
the relationship between lexemes of a word family; a lexeme that is related to another lexeme by virtue of having been derived from it
Grid
A notation convention for representing paradigms
Inflection
the relationship between word forms of a lexeme; a part of morphology characterized by relatively abstract morphological meanings, semantic regularity, etc.
the process of adding morphemes to words to indicate grammatical features
Lexical allomorph/ conditioning
when the choice of allomorph is determined by the lexeme it
attaches to (its meaning)
Morphological allomorph/ conditioning
when the morphological context (usually grammatical)
determines the choice of allomorph
Paradigm
the structured set of words on a lexeme (often subsets that belong together are also referred to as paradigms
ex. idioms
Phonological allomorph/ conditioning
two allomorphs are phonological if they have quite
similar phonological shapes; when the phonological context determines the choice of allomorph
Strong/weak suppletion
a kind of allomorphy in which allomorphs of the same morpheme are
(strong) phonologically radically different (weak) not similar enough to be related
