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Vinony

morphophonology

noun

  1. the branch of linguistics that deals with the phonemic constitution and the phonological representation of morphemes
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌmɔ(ɹ).foʊˌfəˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ / /ˌmɔː.fəʊˌfəˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/

noun

Etymology: From morpho- + phonology.

  1. A branch of linguistics concerned with the interactions between morphological and phonological or phonetic processes, i.e. how phonemes combine to form morphemes and how morphemes are phonologically or phonetically affected when they combine to form words.