Morphology cont.

Speech

________ is executed and planned as syllables.

Morphophonology

________: interplay between phonology and morphology.

Allomorphy

________ is not the same as phonological assimilation.

morphophonology

interplay between phonology and morphology

ex

z. cats (s), dogs (z), foxes (-əz)

ex

habla, hablas, hablamos

ex

habla = he/she speaks

ex

websurfed (t), downloaded (d), etc

also

not all languages have the same morphological property

hierarchal structure

speech is executed and planned as syllables

phonemes are to allophones as morphemes are to ___.

allomorphs

true or false: allomorphy is the same as phonological assimilation

false

how is allomorphy different from phonological assimilation?

assimilation always applies, but allomorphs only apply to specific morphemes

what are the steps of morphological analysis?

1. isolate and compare word-forms
2. look for contrasting meanings
3. look for complementary forms

true or false: all languages have the same morphological property

false

Two forms have the same meaning and the same sound shape in all occurrences. Is this an instance of the same morpheme or different morphemes?

same morpheme

One sound form has two distinct meanings. Is this an instance of the same morpheme or different morphemes?

different morphemes

Two forms have the same meaning but different sound shapes. When will they be the same morpheme?

If the distributions don't overlap

True or false: not all morphemes are segmentable.

True