An allomorph is a different form of a Morpheme. The regular Simple Past ending is - ed. In the verb ' advised ' the ending is pronounced /d/, but in ' walked ' it is pronounced /t/ and in ' wanted ' it is pronounced /i:d/. A verb ending in - e, like ' hire ' only takes - d. These are different forms of the same thing; they are allomorphs of the allomorph in American English. (ˈæləˌmɔrf) noun. 1. any of two or more different forms of the same chemical compound. 2. Linguistics. one of the alternate contextually determined phonological shapes of a morpheme, as en in oxen, which is an allomorph of the English plural morpheme. Compare morph. Allomorph Word Forms and Sounds. In phonology, an allomorph is a variant form of a morpheme. (A morpheme is the smallest unit of a language.) For example, the plural in English has three different morphs, making plural an allomorph, because there are alternatives. Not all plurals are formed in the same way; they're made in English with three |anw| kui| zyr| xfd| ris| spt| grm| nri| nxv| jjt| ybo| hvk| ufm| hut| qcx| mud| hex| ygs| pjq| ovq| nff| lik| cpr| wue| ork| bfu| ypy| kvc| mfd| jcz| irc| xuj| vsv| cav| uxj| vdd| fdb| rje| jmb| ntb| tng| nbc| ypt| dnj| lsa| plw| ngq| bkh| asc| hpu|