morphophonemics

noun plural but singular in construction mor·pho·pho·ne·mics \ˌmȯr-fō-fə-ˈnē-miks\

Definition of MORPHOPHONEMICS

: a study of the phonemic differences between allomorphs of the same morpheme

: the distribution of allomorphs in one morpheme

: the structure of a language in terms of morphophonemics

1938

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