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morphosyntactic

[ mawr-foh-sin-tak-tik ]
/ ˌmɔr foʊ sɪnˈtæk tɪk /

adjective Linguistics.

involving both morphology and syntax.

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Origin of morphosyntactic

1955–60; morpho- (as combining form for morphology) + syntactic

Words nearby morphosyntactic

morphophoneme, morphophonemic, morphophonemics, morphophonology, morphosis, morphosyntactic, morphosyntax, morphotonemics, morphy, morquio's syndrome, morrell
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