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    Allomorph - Exercises

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    This document provides exercises to analyze morphological rules and allomorphy in English. It examines past tense verb forms, the prefixes 'in-' and 'im-', the prefix 'co-', and root allomorphy in pairs of words. Learners are asked to identify allomorphs, their conditioning environments, underlying forms, and write morphological rules to account for the patterns.

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    This document provides exercises to analyze morphological rules and allomorphy in English. It examines past tense verb forms, the prefixes 'in-' and 'im-', the prefix 'co-', and root allomorphy in pairs of words. Learners are asked to identify allomorphs, their conditioning environments, underlying forms, and write morphological rules to account for the patterns.

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    This document provides exercises to analyze morphological rules and allomorphy in English. It examines past tense verb forms, the prefixes 'in-' and 'im-', the prefix 'co-', and root allomorphy in pairs of words. Learners are asked to identify allomorphs, their conditioning environments, underlying forms, and write morphological rules to account for the patterns.

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    ALLOMORPH __EXERCISES:

    1.Examine the following past tense forms in English:


    hated pulled roared walked
    raided opened hugged pushed
    faded groomed robbed missed
    fitted mowed bruised hoped
    mated cried loved Fetched
    loade paid judged Laughed
    d
    a.
    Determine the allomorphs of this inflectional suffix.

    b.
    Determine the conditioning environments for each of the allomorphs.

    c.
    Decide on the underlying (or “elsewhere”) form of this morpheme from which the
    other allomorphs are derived. For what reasons did you choose this particular form
    as the base?

    d.
    Write a morphemic rule.

    e.
    Consider the following past tense forms. How are they conditioned? How are they
    realized?
    sang bough cut went
    t
    rang fought put were

    f.
    How do you account for the following variants: learned/learnt, dreamed/dreamt,
    burned/burnt?

    2.Consider the following words:


    illegal ineligible Inactive imbalance
    irrelevant intolerant indeterminate immature
    impossible insecure Illogical irregular
    immoral infamous Imbalance injudicious
    impatient injury Ingrate incongruous
    a.Determine the allomorphs of this derivational prefix.

    b.Determine the conditioning factors for each of the allomorphs.

    c.Decide on the underlying (or “elsewhere”) form of this morpheme from which the
    other allomorphs are derived. Justify the base form.

    d.Write a morphemic rule.

    e.State the meaning of the morpheme.


    f.
    Why are the forms ignoble and ignominious, which presumably contain the same
    prefix, a problem? Try to account for this problem. (Hint: Look up the etymologies of
    these words.)
    3.Consider the following words:
    collect cohabit collide
    correct coalesce corrode
    connect collate confess
    commute commend cohere
    combat contend coexist
    compute consent coincide
    compare condemn

    a.Determine the allomorphs of this derivational prefix.

    b.Write a morphemic rule, specifying the underlying form, allomorphs, and


    conditioning environments.

    c.State the meaning of the morpheme, if possible.

    4.Consider the following pairs of words:


    sign signature
    desig designation
    n
    resign resignation

    a.What is the root allomorphy exhibited by all of the forms?

    b.Write a morphemic rule for the first set of words.

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