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How to pronounce allomorph in English?

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Type of chemical compound, compound


calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite.
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Type of morpheme
Has types morphophoneme


the final sounds of `bets' and `beds' and `horses' and `oxen' are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme.

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The term allomorph explains the comprehension of phonological variations for specific morphemes.
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In linguistics, an allomorph is a variant form of a morpheme.
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This kind of allomorphy is called a zero allomorph.
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  • Any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound; "calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite"
  • A variant phonological representation of a morpheme; "the final sounds of `bets' and `beds' and `horses' and `oxen' are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme"
  • An allomorph is a linguistics term for a variant form of a morpheme. The concept occurs when a unit of meaning can vary in sound (phonologically) without changing meaning. It is used in linguistics to explain the comprehension of variations in sound for a specific morpheme.
  • (Allomorphs) are different forms of a word or morpheme determined by the context in which it's found. ...
  • (Allomorphs) forms contained in morphemes that differ in sound but not in meaning.
  • An alien being from another planet: allo from the Greek word other and morph from the Greek word meaning shape or form: Even the President was unaware of the extent of the conspiracy to conceal the allomorphs recovered at the Roswell crash site. For more on allomorphs, see the Art Bell WebSite.
  • A morph that is identified as a member of a morpheme, that is its function and all its properties have been determined.