Morphophonology (also morphophonemics, morphonology) is a branch of
linguistics which studies:The
phonological structure of
morphemes.The combinatory phonic modifications of morphemes which happen when they are combinedThe alternative series which serve a morphological function.Examples of a morphophonological alternatives in English include these distinctions:Plurals "-es" and "-s", as in "bus, buses", vs. "bun, buns".Plural of "-f" is "-ves", as in "leaf, leaves"Different pronunciations for the past tense marker "-ed".English, being mostly an
isolating language, does not have much morphophonology. Inflected and agglutinating languages may have extremely complicated systems, e.g.
consonant gradation.
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