Morphological conditioning refers to the selection of different plural allomorphs (-en, -Ø) based on the specific morpheme. Certain morphemes, like "ox" require the "-en" plural allomorph, while others, like "sheep" and "deer" require the zero plural allomorph. The plural allomorph used is determined by the singular morpheme itself, not surrounding sounds.
Morphological conditioning refers to the selection of different plural allomorphs (-en, -Ø) based on the specific morpheme. Certain morphemes, like "ox" require the "-en" plural allomorph, while others, like "sheep" and "deer" require the zero plural allomorph. The plural allomorph used is determined by the singular morpheme itself, not surrounding sounds.
Morphological conditioning refers to the selection of different plural allomorphs (-en, -Ø) based on the specific morpheme. Certain morphemes, like "ox" require the "-en" plural allomorph, while others, like "sheep" and "deer" require the zero plural allomorph. The plural allomorph used is determined by the singular morpheme itself, not surrounding sounds.
The selection is conditioned by a particular morpheme forming the context:
It is determined by the specific morph to which it is attached
We can describe the environment that requires a certain allomorph by identifying specific morphemes. I will give an example to show clearly the morphological conditioned Some other examples of morphological conditioning are ox – oxen (-en pl) is singular oxen pl from and the ‘s’ pl comes as ‘en’ and it is called ‘en’ plural oxen become the word “ox” itself that is why MC it does not depend on the following or preceding sound. It depends on the morpheme itself The use of (-en) as the plural of (ox) is determined by the specific morpheme ox Require en plural allomorph become children child - children (-en pl) Sheep - sheep (Ø pl) The singular form is the same as the plural form There is no suffix or infix in this word. That is why we call this type as the zero plural The specific morpheme ‘sheep’ requires the use of plural allomorphs, this morpheme requires of this allomorphs Deer - deer (Ø pl) ‘Deer’ it is because the specific morpheme deer requires the use of the zero plural allomorphs in this word . Likewise, the occurrence of the (Ø pl) allomorph in swine, deer, sheep, trout, pike, quail, grouse, etc., means that these special morphemes require a (Ø pl) allomorph. These words do not follow any specific rule, each o.ne has to be learnt separately. These selections are specific to the words. So this kind of conditioning is known as ‘~. There is nothing phonologic∞al about it. These selections are specific to the words.
He came home. Він прийшов додому. My brother lives in Kyiv. Мій брат живе у Києві. I looked at her. Я подивився на неї. Who told you this? Хто вам це сказав?