morphophonemics
[ mawr-foh-fuh-nee-miks, -foh-nee- ]
/ ˌmɔr foʊ fəˈni mɪks, -foʊˈni- /
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
Words nearby morphophonemics
morphometrics,
morphometry,
morphonology,
morphophoneme,
morphophonemic,
morphophonemics,
morphophonology,
morphosis,
morphosyntactic,
morphosyntax,
morphotonemics
British Dictionary definitions for morphophonemics
morphophonemics
/ (ˌmɔːfəʊfəʊˈniːmɪks) /
noun
(functioning as singular) linguistics
the study of the phonemic realization of the allomorphs of the morphemes of a language