SINCE 1828
morphophonemics
noun, plural in form but singular in construction
mor·pho·pho·ne·mics
| \ ˌmȯr-fō-fə-ˈnē-miks
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Definition of morphophonemics
1
: a study of the phonemic differences between allomorphs of the same morpheme
2
: the distribution of allomorphs in one morpheme
3
: the structure of a language in terms of morphophonemics
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