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

Derived Forms

• ˌmorphophoˈnemic, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of morphophonemics¹

First recorded in 1935–40; morphophonemic, -ics