morphophonemics

[mawr-foh-fuh-nee-miks, -foh-nee-]

noun (used with a singular verb) Linguistics.

Also called morphonology, morphophonology. the study of the relations between morphemes and their phonological realizations, components, or mappings.

the body of data concerning these relations in a given language.

Origin of morphophonemics

First recorded in 1935–40; see origin at morphophonemic, -ics

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British Dictionary definitions for morphophonemics

morphophonemics

noun

(functioning as singular) linguistics the study of the phonemic realization of the allomorphs of the morphemes of a language

Derived Formsmorphophonemic, adjective

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