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morphosyntax

morphosyntax noun: the system of the internal structure of words (morphology) and the way in which words are put together to form phrases and sentences (syntax), regarded as an interlinked unit.

Noun

morphosyntax (countable and uncountable, plural morphosyntaxes)

  1. The system of the internal structure of words (morphology) and the way in which words are put together to form phrases and sentences (syntax), regarded as an interlinked unit.

Forms of morphosyntax

pluralmorphosyntaxes
alternative formmorpho-syntax

Origin of morphosyntax

From morpho- + syntax.

Questions about morphosyntax

What does morphosyntax mean?
Morphosyntax means the system of the internal structure of words (morphology) and the way in which words are put together to form phrases and sentences (syntax), regarded as an interlinked unit.
What part of speech is morphosyntax?
Morphosyntax is a noun.
What is the plural of morphosyntax?
The plural of morphosyntax is morphosyntaxes.

Words near morphosyntax in the dictionary

  1. morphosyntactic
  2. morphosyntactical
  3. morphosyntactically
  4. morphosyntactician
  5. morphosyntacticians
  6. morphosyntax
  7. morphosyntaxes
  8. morphotactic
  9. morphotactically
  10. morphotactics
  11. morphotaxa

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