morphophonology

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Pronunciation

/ˌmɔ(ɹ).foʊˌfəˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ /ˌmɔː.fəʊˌfəˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-morphophonology.wav

Word forms

morphophonology morpho-phonology

Etymology

From morpho- + phonology.

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