In Popoluca:

[kɑːmɑ] means 'cornfield' and [ʔɑŋkɑːmɑ] means 'my cornfield';
[tɛk] means 'house' and [ʔɑntɛk] means 'my house';
[poʔɑ] means 'moon' and [ʔɑmpoʔɑ] means 'my moon'.

This variation in the morpheme meaning 'my' is called:

Question

In Popoluca:

[kɑːmɑ] means 'cornfield' and [ʔɑŋkɑːmɑ] means 'my cornfield';
[tɛk] means 'house' and [ʔɑntɛk] means 'my house';
[poʔɑ] means 'moon' and [ʔɑmpoʔɑ] means 'my moon'.

This variation in the morpheme meaning 'my' is called:

BlackTom AI · Accepted Answer

The question asks about the linguistic term for variation in the morpheme meaning 'my' across forms like [ʔɑŋkɑːmɑ] vs. [ʔɑntɛk], and [ʔɑmpoʔɑ] versus [poʔɑ].
Option 1: allomorphy. This is the correct label because allomorphy refers to the phenomenon where the same grammatical meaning (possessive 'my') is realized by different phonetic forms (allomorphs) depending on the phonological context or the underlying form of the word. The different surface realizations of 'my' here are different allomorphs of the same possessive morpheme.
Option 2: accent. Accent concerns differences in pronunciation related to dialect, emphasis, or intonation, not systematic changes in morpheme shape associated with meaning. The examples show a morphophonological alternation tied to possession, not just pronunciation differences.
Option 3: suppletion. Suppletion involves completely irregular, non-derivable forms that replace a morpheme (e.g., 'go' vs. 'went' in English). The variations in 'my' shown here are phonologically conditioned realizations of the same morpheme, not entirely irregular, semantically abstract replacements.
Option 4: infixation. Infixation is the process of inserting morphemes inside a word stem. The data provided do not illustrate insertion within the stem but rather alternate realizations of a possessive morpheme across forms.
Option 5: inflection. Inflection covers grammatical changes like tense, number, or case marked on a stem, often via affixes, but it is a broad term that does not specifically capture the idea of multiple realizations (allomorphs) of the same morpheme for possession. Here the focus is on the variation of the morpheme’s shape, not a general inflectional category.
Thus, the most precise label for this variation in the morpheme meaning 'my' is allomorphy.

In Popoluca: [kɑːmɑ] means 'cornfield' and [ʔɑŋkɑːmɑ] means 'my cornfield'; [tɛk] means 'house' and [ʔɑntɛk] means 'my house'; [poʔɑ] means 'moon' and [ʔɑmpoʔɑ] means 'my moon'. This variation in the morpheme meaning 'my' is called:单项选择题

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