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morphophonemics

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

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

/ 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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Derived Forms

  • ˌmorphophoˈnemic, adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of morphophonemics1

First recorded in 1935–40; morphophonemic, -ics

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