Morphology

Question 1

morphemes

Answer 1

smallest abstract linguistic units carrying meaning

Question 2

morph

Answer 2

a concrete instance of a morpheme

Question 3

allomorph

Answer 3

one of several possible phonological realizations of a morpheme

Question 4

Phonologically conditoned morphemes

Answer 4

• Plural morpheme:
  {S} /ɪz/ after /s, z, ʃ, ʒ, tʃ, dʒ/ (glasses, camouflages)
  /z/ after vowels (toes, paws, stairs)
  after voiced consonants (pens)
  /s/ after voiceless consonants (books)
• Past tense morpheme:
  {D} /ɪd/ after /d/ and /t/ (hated)
  /d/ after vowels (discovered)
  after voiced consonants (called, planned)
  /t/ after voiceless consonants (stretched, laughed

Question 5

Different types of morphemes

Answer 5

• free lexical: stair, clean
  bound, lexical; -ly, un-
  grammatical free: a , she
  grammtical bound: d, s

Question 6

Problemes

Answer 6

1. portmanteau morph ( geese/ goose)
2. Suppletion (be/ are, am)
3. Zero-morpheme ( put / put)
4. morphologically conditoned allomorphs (ox/ oxen)
5. cranberry morph