Table II.
Codes and examples of grammatical morphemes.
| Morpheme | Code: present | Code: omitted | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Past tense | /ed | /*ed | I walk/ed |
| I hop/*ed | |||
| Plural | /s | /* s | I eat apple/s |
| I eat orange/* s | |||
| Possessive | /z | /* z | The girl/z book |
| Ernie/*z bag | |||
| Third person singular | /3s | /*3s | She walk/3s |
| She jump/*3s | |||
| Copula (is, are, am) | ‘/cm (cam) | ’/*cm (*cam) | I’/cm happy |
| ’/cs (cis) | ’/*cs (*cis) | cAre these mine* | |
| ’/cre (care) | ’/*cre (*care) | They’/*cre right there | |
| Auxiliary (is, am, are + ing) | ‘/m + /ing (am) | ‘/*m+/*ing (*am) | I am try/ing |
| ‘/s + /ing (is) | ‘/*s+/*ing (*is) | He’/*s walk/ing silly | |
| ‘/re + /ing (are) | ‘/*re + /*ing (*are) | They’/re go/*ing here | |
| Articles | A | *A | I see a cat |
| The | *The | I want *the toy | |
| Prepositions | In | *In | It cis in here |
| On | *On | It’/cs not *on the tv | |
| Irregular past tense | [IP] | [*IP] | He ran [IP] away |
| Zoe run [*IP] up here | |||
| Irregular third person singular | [I3] | [*I3] | She goes [I3] away |
| He do [*I3] dish/s |