morphotacticadj.
/ˌmɔːfə(ʊ)ˈtaktɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɔrfoʊˈtæktɪk/ Linguistics.
Of, relating to, or in terms of morphotactics.
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morphotactic1958
1958 A. A. Hill Introd. Ling. Struct. viii. 120 With most prebases, it is a morphotactic characteristic which identifies them.
1962 E. F. Haden et al. Resonance-theory for Ling. iii. 35 The morphotactic identification will be made with the same criteria for determining Form and Property as in morphemics.
1966 S. M. Lamb Outl. Stratificational Gram. ii. 23 When a lexonic ordering is of elements belonging to different morphotactic classes, e.g. verb stem and verb suffix, it is up to the morphotactics to determine their relative order.
1970 G. Sampson Stratificational Gram. vi. 62 The preference value of this derivation is six, one from the semotactic trace, four from the lexotactic, and one from the morphotactic.
1999 Wiener Linguistische Gaz. 64 7 As far as the parameter of morphotactic transparency is concerned, person and number marking in the Pres. Ind. and Imp. of German and French verbs of class (1) and (2) is most transparent.
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morphoˈtactically adv.
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morphotactically1958
1958 A. A. Hill Introd. Ling. Struct. viii. 120 These are the ‘grammatical endings’ of familiar terminology. They can be defined morphotactically as morphemes which stand frequently before terminal junctures.
1999 Wiener Linguistische Gaz. 64 8 Iconic,..morphotactically transparent and..biunique person and number marking should emerge earlier and should be more frequent in children's speech.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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