morphophonemics
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noun, plural in form but singular in construction
mor·pho·pho·ne·mics
\ˌmȯr-fō-fə-ˈnē-miks\
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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1938
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1938
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