Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In mineralogy, a paramorph, that is, a pseudomorph formed by molecular change only, the chemical composition remaining the same, as calcite after aragonite.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Any one of two or more distinct crystalline forms of the same substance; or the substance having such forms; -- .
- noun A variety of pseudomorph which has undergone partial or complete change or substitution of material; -- thus limonite is frequently an
allomorph after pyrite.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry Any of the different
crystalline forms of asubstance . - noun linguistics Any of the different
phonological representations of amorpheme .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound
- noun a variant phonological representation of a morpheme
Etymologies
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Examples
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The term allomorph is just linguistobabble for a piece of language, such as a suffix, that shows predictable variation in its form in different positions or circumstances.
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The term allomorph is just linguistobabble for a piece of language, such as a suffix, that shows predictable variation in its form in different positions or circumstances.
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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Since -cve is locative of -cva, listing it as another allomorph is another mistake.
Ashes to ashes 2009
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Ta-Den wants to get his hands on the allomorph, sure as can be.
New Race Joe Sullivan 2010
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Next, luθcva is transparently a nomino-accusative plural because -cva pl. is an allomorph of the more typical form -χva following aspirate θ.
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Since it isn't adequately explained under what conditions -ia is yet a fourth allomorph of the same suffix, I consider it a distinct plural marker on its own.
Ashes to ashes 2009
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The terminating sequence -cv could only be the abbreviation of plural suffix -cva which is a regular allomorph of -xva when following a sibilant.
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Since it isn't adequately explained under what conditions -ia is yet a fourth allomorph of the same suffix, I consider it a distinct plural marker on its own.
Ashes to ashes 2009
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My attentive readers may have noticed that I've already asserted several times on this blog that -va a plural inanimate ending is an allomorph of -χva.
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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My attentive readers may have noticed that I've already asserted several times on this blog that -va a plural inanimate ending is an allomorph of -χva.
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