Abstract
Morpheme structure constraints are constraints on the segmental make‐up of the morphemes of a language. A textbook example of such a constraint is thatbnikis an impossible morpheme of English, whereasblikis a possible English morpheme that happens not to exist. Hence,bnikis a systematic gap in the morpheme inventory of English, whereasblikis an accidental gap in this inventory. This can be taken to imply that there is a morpheme structure constraint that prevents English morphemes from beginning with a /b/ followed by a nasal consonant.
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