Morphology

Thus, an allomorph can also be defined as a variant of a .......... which occurs in a certain definable environment

• word

• morpheme

• element

The concept of morphemes and allomorphs is one of the most basic in ........ linguistics

• descriptive

• speech

• written

SUBTRACTIVE ALLOMORPHS: something is ------- from a word.

• added

• deleted

• attached

‘A morpheme is the smallest ------- unit in a language.

• meaningful

• linguistic

• minimal

the verb talks is in ---------.

• the verb present-tense third person form.

• the verb third person singular present-tense form.

• the third person singular present-tense verb form.

The syllable is a (1) unit whereas the morpheme is the (2) unit in morphology.

• 1. 1. phonological - 2. basic

• 1. 1. basic - 2. phonological

morphemes are the ------- of words.

• shape

• meaning

• constituents

There are two basic classes of morphemes: ----- morphemes and ----- morphemes.

• free - bound

• derivational - inflectional

• class- changing / class - maintaining

A free morpheme is ‘one that can be -------- alone with meaning’

• uttered

• removed

• attached

A BASE (also called A ROOT) is ‘that morpheme in a word that has the ----- meaning’

• deep

• complex

• principal