What is a morph?

Definition
	A morph is the phonetic realization of a morpheme.

Kinds
	Here are some kinds of morphs:
	What is an allomorph? What is a portmanteau morph? What is a zero morph?

See also
	Comparison of morpheme-morph-allomorph and phoneme-phone-allophone

Source
	Crystal 1985 199

Concept module: morph
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): M
In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
In bookshelf: Linguistics

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