Defining several terms A morpheme may be realized as: a single sound:/pigz/;a syllable:/maenli/ Morph(语子): Morphemes are abstract units,which are realized in speech by discrete units known as Morphs.Morphs are actual spoken forms,minimal carriers of meaning The phonetic(spoken)or orthographic (written)strings or segments which realize morphemes are termed Morphs. The morph is to a morpheme what a phone is to a phoneme.Defining several terms A morpheme may be realized as: a single sound: /pigz/; a syllable: /mænli/. Morph (语子): Morphemes are abstract units, which are realized in speech by discrete units known as Morphs. Morphs are actual spoken forms, minimal carriers of meaning. The phonetic (spoken) or orthographic (written) strings or segments which realize morphemes are termed Morphs. The morph is to a morpheme what a phone is to a phoneme