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allomorph
noun
A variant phonological representation of a morpheme
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ˈæl.ə.mɔːf
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noun
A variant phonological representation of a morpheme
“The final sounds of ‘bets’ and ‘beds’ and ‘horses’ and ‘oxen’ are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme”
noun
Any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound
“Calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite”
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The final sounds of ‘bets’ and ‘beds’ and ‘horses’ and ‘oxen’ are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme
Calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite
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