#  Key Terms for Phonology and Morphology 

 



These words form part of the discussion of the readings for this section, and you should become familiar with them. You can find them defined separately in the Glossary in the back of our textbook, as well as the [online glossary on this site](/glossary). Some of these terms may also come from our lectures, supplementary readings, and workbook exercises for the unit. *You may find it helpful to continually refer back to this list as you progress through the material and lectures of this unit.*

phoneme  
vowel  
tense vowel  
lax vowel  
diphthong  
monophthong  
allophone  
released / unreleased  
aspirated  
complementary distribution  
free variation  
schwa  
consonant  
glottis / glottal  
synthetic  
analytic  
morpheme  
allomorph  
affix  
base  
free morpheme  
bound morpheme  
derivation  
inflection