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形態音韻論 (けいたいおんいんろん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

形けい態たい音おん韻いん論ろん

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Meanings

1

morphophonology; morphophonemics

Linguistics term for the study of the interaction between morphology and phonology, including phonologically conditioned allomorphy.

形けい態たい音おん韻いん論ろんでは、

複ふく

数すう

形けい

の

「

-

s

」

の

発はつ

音おん

が

環かん

境きょう

に

よっ

て

変か

わる

現げん

象しょう

など

を

扱あつか

う

。

Morphophonology deals with phenomena such as the pronunciation of the plural '-s' changing depending on the environment.

Kanji

形shape, form, style
態attitude, condition, figure
音sound, noise
韻rhyme, elegance, tone
論argument, discourse

Related words

音おん韻いん論ろん
音韻論 (phonology) studies sound systems in general, while 形態音韻論 specifically examines the interface between word structure and sound patterns.
形けい態たい論ろん
形態論 (morphology) focuses on word formation and structure, whereas 形態音韻論 combines morphological analysis with phonological rules.

Built from

形けい態たい+音

Etymology

Compound of 形態 (form, morphology), 音韻 (phoneme, phonology), and 論 (theory, study). A calque from Western linguistic terminology.

おん

韻いん

論ろん