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morpheme vs allomorph

allomorph vs morpheme

morpheme and allomorph both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
morpheme Yes No No No
allomorph Yes No No No
As nouns, allomorph is a hyponym of morpheme; that is, allomorph is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than morpheme:
  • morpheme: minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units
  • allomorph: a variant phonological representation of a morpheme
morpheme (noun) allomorph (noun)
minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units a variant phonological representation of a morpheme
any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound
Difference between morpheme and allomorph

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