Morphological Structures and their Phonemic Influence
Keywords:
morphology, phonology, morphophonemicsAbstract
Morphological and phonological systems in natural languages are deeply interconnected. Morphological structures—such as roots, affixes, inflectional and derivational forms—can significantly influence phonemic patterns in words. This interplay gives rise to various morphophonemic processes, such as assimilation, allomorphy, vowel harmony, epenthesis, and elision. This paper explores how morphology and phonology interact within different languages, with particular attention to English, Uzbek, and other agglutinative languages like Turkish. By examining examples across language families, the article emphasizes the relevance of morphophonemic alternations in linguistic theory, language acquisition, and computational linguistics.
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