| Lemma | morphemically conditioned alternation |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Hockett (1958) |
| Titolo | A Course in Modern Linguistics |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | alternation (inglese) phonemically conditioned alternation (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | The alternation between ‘a’ and ‘an’ is therefore said to be ‘phonemically conditioned’.
On the other hand, the alternation between /wàjf/ (in the singular ‘wife’) and /wàjv/ (in ‘wives’) for the morpheme ‘wife’ is ‘morphemically conditioned’. [...] Morphemically conditioned alternation is always non-automatic; automatic alternation is always phonemically conditioned. There are also phonemically conditioned alternations which are not automatic. The English ‘a’ / ‘an’ alternation is of this sort. |