Write the allomorph of the appropriate morpheme that occurs in the spoken form of the suffix in the following verb Agrees coughed hated calls hisses
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Let’s first understand what ‘Morpheme’ and ‘Allomorph’ are.
According to Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary Morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning that a word can be divided into for example ‘Like ‘has one morpheme. ‘Un-like-ly’ contains three. Allomorph is one possible form of a particular morpheme. For example, the forms /s/, /z/ and /iz/ in cats, dogs and horses.
Word Morpheme Allomorph Spoken form of the suffix
Agrees Agree s /z/
Coughed Cough ed /t/
Hated Hate d /id/
Calls Call s /z/
Hisses Hiss es /iz/
According to Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary Morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning that a word can be divided into for example ‘Like ‘has one morpheme. ‘Un-like-ly’ contains three. Allomorph is one possible form of a particular morpheme. For example, the forms /s/, /z/ and /iz/ in cats, dogs and horses.
Word Morpheme Allomorph Spoken form of the suffix
Agrees Agree s /z/
Coughed Cough ed /t/
Hated Hate d /id/
Calls Call s /z/
Hisses Hiss es /iz/
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