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Morphophonology
Morphophonology
or
Morphonology
is a branch of
linguistics
which studies:
The phonological structure of morphemes.
The combinatory phonic modifications of morphemes which happen when they are combined
The alternation series which serve a morphological function.
Definition (according to
Trubetzkoy
):
In American linguistics the second and the third point are often called morphophonemics
.