Morphosyntax Definition

môrfō-sĭntăks
noun
The study of grammatical categories or linguistic units that have both morphological and syntactic properties.
American Heritage
The set of rules that govern linguistic units whose properties are definable by both morphological and syntactic criteria.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Morphosyntax

Noun

Singular:
morphosyntax
Plural:
morphosyntaxes

Origin of Morphosyntax

  • morpho(logy) syntax

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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