The plural morpheme in English, usually written as '-s', has at least three allomorphs:

[-s] as in [hQts] 'hats' [-z] as in [d&u0254;gz] 'dogs' [z] as in [bksz] 'boxes'

A morpheme is manifested as one or more morphs (surface forms) in different environments. These morphs are called allomorphs. A phoneme is manifested as one or more phones (phonetic sounds) in different environments. These phones are called allophones.

English has several morphemes that vary in sound but not in meaning. Examples include the past tense and the plural morphemes. For example, in English, a past tense morpheme is -ed. It occurs in several allomorphs depending on its phonological environment, assimilating voicing of the previous segment or inserting a schwa when following an alveolar stop:

as /d/ or /d/ in verbs whose stem ends with the alveolar stops /t/ or /d/, such as 'hunted' /hntd/ or 'banded' /bndd/ as /t/ in verbs whose stem ends with voiceless phonemes other than /t/, such as 'fished' /ft/ as /d/ in verbs whose stem ends voiced phonemes other than /d/, such as 'buzzed' /bzd/

Notice the "other than" restrictions above. This is a common fact about allomorphy: if the allomorphy conditions are ordered from most restrictive (in this case, after an alveolar stop) to least restrictive, then the first matching case usually "wins". Thus, the above conditions could be re-written as follows:

as /d/ or /d/ when the stem ends with the alveolar stops /t/ or /d/ as /t/ when the stem ends with voiceless phonemes as /d/ elsewhere

The fact that the /t/ allomorph does not appear after stem-final /t/, despite the fact that the latter is voiceless, is then explained by the fact that /d/ appears in that environment, together with the fact that the environments are ordered. Likewise, the fact that the /d/ allomorph does not appear after stem-final /d/ is because the earlier clause for the /d/ allomorph takes priority; and the fact that the /d/ allomorph does not appear after stem-final voiceless phonemes is because the

preceding clause for the /t/ takes priority. Irregular past tense forms, such as "broke" or "was/ were", can be seen as still more specific cases (since they are confined to certain lexical items, like the verb "break"), which therefore take priority over the general cases listed above.

Definition An allomorph is an alternative manifestation of a morpheme (a set of meaningful linguistic units). Allomorphs vary in shape or pronunciation according to their conditions of use, but not as to meaning. Examples Here are some examples of allomorphs. In English, the negative prefix in has several allomorphs:

In-capable Il-logical Im-probable

Ir-reverent

: one of a set of forms that a morpheme may take in different contexts <the -s of cats, the -en of oxen, and the zero suffix of sheep are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme>

D. Allomorph Allomorph is variant form of a morpheme but it doesnt change the meaning. Allomorph has different in pronunciation and spelling according to their condition. It means that allomorph will have different sound, pronunciation or spelling in different condition. The condition depends on the element that it attaches to. Example: A teacher An egg Mengejar Mencari Memberi Menulis Memangkas Menari Incapable Illogical Impossible irregular Allomorph A An MengMenMemMenMemMenInIlImIrRoot/ stem Teacher egg Kejar Cari Beri Tulis Pangkas tari Capable Logical Possible Regular Meaning Countable noun Countable noun Doing action Doing action Doing action Doing action Doing action Doing action Negative Negative Negative negative

At the table of examples above, we can see that allomorph is a variant sound, of one morpheme. It has different pronunciation and spelling, but it still has same meaning. See the example bellow: Incapable Illogical Impossible In-, Il- and Im- at the words above are the variant sound of In-. Although it has different sound and spelling, it is still similar in meaning that is negative. In conclusion, can you differ between morpheme and allomorph now? Morpholigical is relating to or concerned with the formation of admissible words in a language