Allomorph power point 2
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Allomorphs are variations in pronunciation of a morpheme. For example, the plural morpheme -s is pronounced /s/ in "cats" but /z/ in "dogs". There are three main allomorphs of the English plural morpheme -s: /s/, /z/, and /ɪz/. Allomorphs can be additive, replacive, subtractive, suppletive, or zero allomorphs. Recognition activities help learners produce allomorphs correctly.
Allomorph power point 2
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- 2. ALLOMORPH /’aləmɔːf/ Allomorphs are the variations or different pronunciations of a morpheme. For instance, the morpheme plural-s has the standard /s/ sound in cats , but in dogs the morpheme becomes a /z/ sound .
- 3. . There are three allomorphs of the morpheme -s in English. Compare the sound of the -s in ‘cats', ‘dogs' and ‘foxes'
- 4. Pronunciation Pronunciation: / s / (as in bats ), Pronunciation: / z / (as in bugs ), and Pronunciation: / ɪz / (as in buses ).
- 5. TYPES OF ALLOMORPH 1.ADDITIVE ALLOMORPHS 2.REPLACIVE ALLOMORPHS 3.SUBTRACTIVE ALLOMORPHS 4.SUPPLETIVE ALLOMORPHS 5.ZERO ALLOMORPH 6.NULL ALLOMORPH
- 6. 1.ADDITIVE ALLOMORPHS the suffix –ed which can be pronounced as either /–t/, or /–d/ or /–Id/: ask + –ed / a:sk/ + / –t/, liv(e) + ed /lIv/ + / –d/, need + –ed /ni:d/ + / –Id/.
- 7. 2.REPLACIVE ALLOMORPHS the / I / in Drink is replaced by the / æ/ in Drank to signal the simple past.
- 8. 3.SUBTRACTIVE ALLOMORPHS the letter A is deleted from zopa to signal that this Russian noun is in the plural form of the possessive case.
- 9. 4.SUPPLETIVE ALLOMORPHS Go + the suppletive allomorph of {–D1} = went Be + the suppletive allomorph of {–S3} = is Bad + the suppletive allomorph of {–er1} = worse good + the suppletive allomorph of {–est1} =best.
- 10. 5.ZERO ALLOMORPH the past tense form of hurt is formed by adding the zero allomorph of {–D1} to this word. HURT HURT
- 11. 6.NULL ALLOMORPH the phrase two fish-Ø which can also be two fish-es .
- 12. . In the classroom ,Certain allomorphs are difficult for learners to produce correctly, or example the allomorphs of the -ed regular past morpheme, which learners often do not produce correctly until higher levels. Recognition activities such as sorting words into groups according to pronunciation are useful to raise awareness.