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Allomorph


This article is about a lingustic term. See Pseudomorph for another meaning of the word.


In linguistics an allomorph is a variant form of a morpheme. The meaning remains the same, while the sound can vary.

For example, in the English language the past tense morpheme is -ed. It occurs in several allomorphs

  • as [Id] - in 'hunted',
  • as [d] - in 'buzzed',
  • as [t] - in 'fished'
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