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morphophonemics

American  
[mawr-foh-fuh-nee-miks, -foh-nee-] / ˌmɔr foʊ fəˈni mɪks, -foʊˈni- /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

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

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

morphophonemics British  
/ ˌmɔːfəʊfəʊˈniːmɪks /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

  • morphophonemic adjective

Etymology

Origin of morphophonemics

First recorded in 1935–40; morphophonemic, -ics

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