mor·pho·pho·ne·mics (môr f -f -n  m ks)n. 1. (used with a pl. verb) The changes in pronunciation undergone by allomorphs of morphemes as they are modified by neighboring sounds, as the plural allomorphs in cat-s, dog-s, box-es, or as they are modified for grammatical reasons in the course of inflection or derivation, as house versus to house and housing. 2. (used with a sing. verb) The study of the morphophonemics of a language. mor pho·pho·nemic adj. |
morphophonemics
1. the study of the relations between morphemes and their phonetic realizations, components, or distribution contexts.
2. the body of data concerning these relations in a specific language. — morphophonemicist, n. — morphophonemic, adj.
See also: Linguistics
2. the body of data concerning these relations in a specific language. — morphophonemicist, n. — morphophonemic, adj.
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| Noun | 1. | morphophonemics - the study of the phonological realization of the allomorphs of the morphemes of a language descriptive linguistics - a description (at a given point in time) of a language with respect to its phonology and morphology and syntax and semantics without value judgments |
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