MORPHOLOGY

Morphology

In linguistics, morphology is the identification, analysis and description of the structure of a given language's morphemes and other linguistic units, such as root words, affixes, parts of speech, intonation/stress, or implied context .

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morphology

Noun

  1. A scientific study of form and structure, usually without regard to function. Especially:
    1. The study of the internal structure of morphemes (words and their semantic building blocks).
    2. The study of the form and structure of animals and plants.
    3. The study of the structure of rocks and landforms.
  2. The form and structure of something.
  3. A description of the form and structure of something.


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