It can be simply described as a unit of meaning that varies in sound without changing its meaning.

Example of morpheme and allomorph. ALLOMORPH The past form morpheme ed usually has also three allomorphos. S z and əz as in kicks cats and sizes respectively. It is a word that has different sound but does not change the meaning.

A morpheme is the smallest meaningful unit you can find when you break phrases and words apart. For instance the plural morpheme in English generally written as s has 3 allomorphs. A morpheme may have more than one phonemic form.

Theyre made in English with three different morphs. An example of an allomorph for the prefix in- is il-. In English -ed marks the past tense but it doesnt always have the same.

Each distinct form of the plural morph - es phonetically z is called an allomorph. A morpheme cannot be divided without altering or destroying its meaning. A dog both of them have meaning onesingle.

Differences between morphemes morphs and allomorphs in linguistic science. There are four kinds of allomorphs. S as in hats hæts z as in dogs dɒgz ɪz as in boxes bɒksɪz.

The allomorphs of a morpheme are derived from phonological rules and any morphophonemic rules that may apply to that morpheme. The distribution of the allomorphs of z shows an interesting and well-known pattern which can be discerned from observing the words in the table above. For example the English word kind is a morpheme.