noun
- variants of a morpheme that have the same meaning but different forms in different contexts
Usage: linguistics
Examples
- The plural morpheme in English has several allomorphs: -s, -es, and -en.
- The words ‘cats’ and ‘dogs’ contain different allomorphs of the plural marker.
- Students studied how allomorphs change based on phonological environment.
- The past tense morpheme has allomorphs like -ed, -t, and vowel changes.
- Linguists analyze allomorphs to understand morphological patterns.
- The prefix ‘in-‘ has allomorphs such as ‘im-‘, ‘il-‘, and ‘ir-‘.