mor·pho·pho·ne·mics (môr
fō-fə-nē
mĭks)
n.► (used with a pl. verb) The changes in pronunciation undergone by allomorphs of morphemes as they are modified by neighboring sounds, as the plural allomorphs in
cat-s, dog-s, box-es, or as they are modified for grammatical reasons in the course of inflection or derivation, as
house versus
to house and
housing.► (used with a sing. verb) The study of the morphophonemics of a language.
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