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Answer the following questions in your own words:
1-Define the term “morpheme". Give an example.
Morpheme: a minimal unit of meaning or grammatical function.
Example: player consists of play + er
2-Define the term “allomorph". Give an example.
Allomorph: one of a closely related set of morphs.
plural
cats consists of cat + s
buses consists of bus+es
so, s- + -es are allomorph to one morpheme which is plural




3-What is the difference between “homophony” and “polysem". Give an example of each.
Homophony: two words with the same form that are unrelated in meaning
Example: bank: a river
bank: a financial institution
Polysem: a word having two or more relating meanings
Example: Head: Part of the body
Head: your boss or manager in your work
the relationship between theses two meaning is that both are essential
4-What is the difference between “assimilation” and “elision"? Give an example of each.
Assimilation: a feature of one sound becomes part of another during speech production
Example: I can go
Elision: the process of leaving out a sound segment in the pronunciation of a word
Example: Friendship