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What is the difference between 'sunflowers' and 'rats, rat+s' in terms of morphemes?
One of sound and one of meaning
What is the primary hypothesis about utterances according to morphemes?
Utterances are composed of sequences of meaningful units
What is the term used for the different forms of the plural morpheme in 'cats, dogs, and judges'?
Allomorphs
What is the term for the occurrence of /s/, /z/, and /əz/ based on their phonemic environments?
Phonologically conditioned
What happens to the meaning with every change of utterance?
There is also a change in meaning
Test your understanding of morphemes with this quiz. Explore how words are composed of meaningful units and how they can change in form and meaning. Identify morphemes and their role in language structure.
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