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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesalomorfe
Pronunciation / Transliteration: aluˈmɔɾfi
"O alomorfe varia conforme a fonologia da palavra."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Any of the different phonetic or orthographic variants of a single morpheme, depending on its context.
"The English plural suffix has three distinct allomorphs: /-s/, /-z/, and /-ɪz/." - 2
A contextual realization of a grammatical unit in morphology.
"In morphophonemics, predicting the exact allomorph requires analyzing the preceding phoneme."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in structural linguistics during the mid-20th century, the term derives from the Greek prefix 'allo-' meaning 'other' or 'different', combined with 'morph' from 'morphē', meaning 'form'. It emerged to describe variant surface forms of a single underlying morpheme conditioned by phonetic or morphological context.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Allomorph" is said worldwide
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allomorphe
Transliteration: allomɔrf
"L'allomorphe change selon le contexte phonétique."
Allomorph
Transliteration: aloˈmɔʁf
"Ein Allomorph ist eine Variante eines Morphems."
allomorfo
Transliteration: alloˈmɔrfo
"L'allomorfo dipende dall'ambiente fonologico."
alomorfo
Transliteration: aloˈmoɾfo
"Cada alomorfo representa la misma unidad de significado."
alomorfe
Transliteration: aluˈmɔɾfi
"O alomorfe varia conforme a fonologia da palavra."
अलोमोर्फ
Transliteration: alomorph
"अलोमोर्फ एक ही रूपिम के विभिन्न रूप हैं।"
异形构件
Transliteration: yì xíng gòu jiàn
"语素的语音变体被称为异形构件。"
이형태
Transliteration: ihyeongtae
"이형태는 환경에 따라 다르게 실현되는 형태소의 변이체이다."
異形態
Transliteration: itaitai
"異形態は同一の形態素が環境によって異なる音声形式をとるものである。"
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