| Lemma | set of morphemes |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Harris (1951) |
| Titolo | Methods in Structural Linguistics |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | alternation (inglese) environment (inglese) morpheme (inglese) phonemic form (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | We often find sets of morphemes all of whose members vary analogously in corresponding environments: e.g. {'knife'}, {'wolf'}, {'wife'}, all have only two members, the second differing only in having /v/ before {'s'} ‘plural’. In this case there are, however, other morphemes having the same phonemic form in the relevant respect (final /f/), but not having this alternation of members; {'fife'} has only one member in all environments ('fife', 'fifes').[…]. |