| Lemma | alternation |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Hockett (1958) |
| Titolo | A Course in Modern Linguistics |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | allomorph (inglese) morph (inglese) morpheme (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | When a morpheme is represented sometimes by one phonemic shape and sometimes by another or others, we say that the shapes stand in ‘alternation’ with each other, or, more briefly, that the morpheme ‘manifests’ alternation. |