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mor·pheme
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morphophoneme
an abstract phonological unit representing corresponding phonemes in different allomorphs of one morpheme. In English the symbol F may be used to represent a morphophoneme occurring in two related allomorphs, as f in leaf, but v in the plural leaves. -
allomorph
any of the phonological representations of a single morpheme. For example, the final (s) and (z) sounds of bets and beds are allomorphs of the English noun-plural morpheme -
formative element
a morpheme that serves as an affix, not as a base, or root, in word formation. -
morph
Linguistics. a sequence of phonemes constituting a minimal unit of grammar or syntax, and, as such, a representation, member, or contextual variant of a morpheme in a specific environment. Compare allomorph (def 2). -
zero
the figure or symbol 0, which in the Arabic notation for numbers stands for the absence of quantity; cipher. -
bimorphemic
pertaining to two morphemes