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morphophonemics
This term describes a specialized field of linguistics. It focuses on the boundary where the structure of words (morphology) meets the sound system of a language (phonology), such as when a prefix changes its final consonant to match the first consonant of the root word.
As a name of a scientific study or academic discipline, the word ends in -ics and is treated as an uncountable noun. It functions similarly to words like physics or mathematics, where the singular form is used even though the word ends in s.
Meanings
The study of the interaction between morphology and phonology, specifically how the phonological form of a morpheme changes depending on its environment.
The researcher analyzed the morphophonemics of the language to explain why the root vowel shifts when a suffix is added.