morphology en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /mɔːˈfɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /mɔɹˈfɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ (General-American)
- /moːˈfɔl.ə.d͡ʒi/ (Australia)
Etymology
Borrowed from German Morphologie. By surface analysis, morpho- + -logy.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A scientific study of form and structure, usually without regard to function. Especially: ▸ The study of the internal structure of morphemes (words and their semantic building blocks).
There are essentially two criteria: (1) adaptability to the derivational structures of the morphology and (2) consideration for what cognitive psychologists and cognitive linguists call “base-level categorization.”
2006, “Ithkuil Q & A”, in The Conlanger's Library, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2025, page 3:There are many ways to show that word structure is different from phrase and sentence structure. We will mention two here. First, free constituent order in syntax is common cross-linguistically; many languages lack fixed order of the kind that one finds in English. In morphology, on the other hand, order is always fixed. There is no such thing as free morpheme order. Even languages with wildly free word order, such as the Pama-Nyungan (Australian) language Warlpiri (Simpson 1991), have a fixed order of morphemes within the word. Second, syntactic and morphological patterns can differ within the same language. For example, note the difference in English in the positioning of head and complement between syntax and morphology.
2001, Yehuda Falk, “Lexical-Functional Grammar”, in CSLI Publications, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2024, retrieved 21 Feb 2014:
- (countable, uncountable) A scientific study of form and structure, usually without regard to function. Especially: ▸ The study of the form and structure of animals and plants.
- (countable, uncountable) A scientific study of form and structure, usually without regard to function. Especially: ▸ The study of the structure of rocks and landforms.
- (countable, uncountable) A scientific study of form and structure, usually without regard to function. Especially: ▸ Mathematical morphology.
- (countable) The form and structure of something.
- (countable) A description of the form and structure of something.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| morphologies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
macromorphology · ultramorphology · morphologic · micromorphology · plant morphology · extramorphology · fluviomorphology · promorphology · geomorphology · xenomorphology · zoomorphology · submorphology · morphologist · radiomorphology · morphologize · hydromorphology · pathomorphology · cytomorphology · ichnomorphology · phytomorphology · sonomorphology · mathematical morphology · mitomorphology · inflectional morphology · neuromorphology · psychomorphology · photomorphology · exomorphology · agromorphology · tonomorphology · pedomorphology · histomorphology · osteomorphology · biomorphology · immunomorphology · dysmorphology · ecomorphology · morphological · morphosyntax · nanomorphology
Relateds
isomorph · morpheme · morphotactics
Translations (214)
be марфало́гія (the form and structure of something) · ca morfologia (geology: study of the form and structure) · ru морфоло́гия (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · ja 形態 (the form and structure of something) · lv morfoloģija (a scientific study of form and structure) · pt morfologia (a description of the form and structure of something) · ca morfologia (the form and structure of something) · se morfologiija (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · kk морфология (a scientific study of form and structure) · ceb morpolohiya (a scientific study of form and structure) · tl palaturingan (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · es morfología (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · ceb morpolohiya (a description of the form and structure of something) · km សណ្ឋានវិទ្យា (biology: study of the form and structure) · ro morfologie (biology: study of the form and structure) · ka მორფოლოგია (a scientific study of form and structure) · fr morphologie (a scientific study of form and structure) · ko 형태론 (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · is formfræði (biology: study of the form and structure) · be марфалёгія (a scientific study of form and structure) · io morfologio (a scientific study of form and structure) · de Morphologie (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · ro morfologie (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · uk морфоло́гія (biology: study of the form and structure) · fi muoto-oppi (a scientific study of form and structure) · ro morfologie (a description of the form and structure of something) · pt morfologia (a scientific study of form and structure) · uk морфоло́гія (geology: study of the form and structure) · ro morfologie (a scientific study of form and structure) · vi hình thái học (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · cmn 形態 /形态 (the form and structure of something) · fi morfologia (biology: study of the form and structure) · ja 語形論 (a scientific study of form and structure) · nl morfologie (a description of the form and structure of something) · la morphologia (a scientific study of form and structure) · sh morfològija (a scientific study of form and structure) · fr morphologie (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · ar صَرْف (a scientific study of form and structure) · de Formenlehre (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · it morfologia (a description of the form and structure of something) · az morfologiya (a scientific study of form and structure) · mhr мутлончыш (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · it morfologia (a scientific study of form and structure) · bg морфоло́гия (a description of the form and structure of something) · fi morfologia (a scientific study of form and structure) · nl vormleer (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · sh морфоло̀гија (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · hi स्वरूपशास्त्र (biology: study of the form and structure) · ban rupawidya (biology: study of the form and structure) · tt морфология (a scientific study of form and structure) · hi पदविज्ञान (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · el μορφολογία (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · km សណ្ឋានវិទ្យា (a scientific study of form and structure) · ky морфология (a scientific study of form and structure) · be марфало́гія (a scientific study of form and structure) · uk морфоло́гія (the form and structure of something) · pt morfologia (geology: study of the form and structure) · es morfología (biology: study of the form and structure) · cmn 形態學 /形态学 (biology: study of the form and structure) · uk морфоло́гія (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · es morfología (a scientific study of form and structure) · bg морфоло́гия (biology: study of the form and structure) · ceb morpolohiya (biology: study of the form and structure) · ms morfologi (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · de Morphologie (a scientific study of form and structure) · hy ձեւաբանություն (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · fi morfologia (geology: study of the form and structure) · bg морфоло́гия (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · ca morfologia (a description of the form and structure of something) · sv formlära (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · oc morfologia (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · ban rupawidya (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · sv morfologi (a scientific study of form and structure) · ja 形態論 (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · ru морфоло́гия (a scientific study of form and structure) · sw mofolojia (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · se hápmeoahppa (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · ms nahu bentuk (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · de Wortbildung (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · ms morfologi (the form and structure of something) · nb morfologi (a scientific study of form and structure) · fr morphologie (biology: study of the form and structure) · te స్వరూపశాస్త్రము (biology: study of the form and structure) · dsb słowoskład (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · nl morfologie (a scientific study of form and structure) · ga moirfeolaíocht (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · tg морфология (a scientific study of form and structure) · ar صَرْف (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · cmn 構詞學 /构词学 (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · tr biçim bilimi (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · mn үг зүй (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · nl morfologie (geology: study of the form and structure) · cmn 語形學 /语形学 (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · pt morfologia (the form and structure of something) · hu morfológia (biology: study of the form and structure) · ru словообразова́ние (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · tk morfologiýa (a scientific study of form and structure) · sk morfológia (a scientific study of form and structure) · fi muoto-oppi (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · tr biçimbilim (a scientific study of form and structure) · ja 形態学 (biology: study of the form and structure) · mhr морфологий (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · ceb morpolohiya (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · be марфало́гія (biology: study of the form and structure) · de Formenlehre (a scientific study of form and structure) · sq morfologji (a scientific study of form and structure) · fi morfologia (a description of the form and structure of something) · io morfologio (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · it morfologia (the form and structure of something) · ko 형태학 (a scientific study of form and structure) · pl morfologia (a scientific study of form and structure) · mn ᠦᠭᠡ ᠵᠦᠢ (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · ms morfologi (a description of the form and structure of something) · sh morfològija (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · ceb morpolohiya (geology: study of the form and structure) · cs tvarosloví (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · bg морфоло́гия (the form and structure of something) · ko 형태학 (biology: study of the form and structure) · sl oblikoslovje (a scientific study of form and structure) · sq morfologji (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · ca morfologia (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · ca morfologia (biology: study of the form and structure) · nl vormleer (geology: study of the form and structure) · lt morfologija (a scientific study of form and structure) · be марфало́гія (a description of the form and structure of something) · is orðhlutafræði (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · ro morfologie (the form and structure of something) · sh ȍblikoslōvlje (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · ro morfologie (geology: study of the form and structure) · ur صَرْف (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · hu alaktan (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · cs morfologie (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · nl vormleer (biology: study of the form and structure) · cs tvarosloví (a scientific study of form and structure) · ms morfologi (geology: study of the form and structure) · dsb morfologija (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · uk морфоло́гія (a scientific study of form and structure) · tl palaanyuan (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · be марфало́гія (geology: study of the form and structure) · fi muoto (the form and structure of something) · ja 形態学 (a scientific study of form and structure) · hu szóalaktan (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · ar مُورْفُولُوجِيَا (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · nl vormleer (a scientific study of form and structure) · fa صرف (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · tr morfoloji (a scientific study of form and structure) · cmn 詞型變化 /词型变化 (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · sh морфоло̀гија (a scientific study of form and structure) · ru морфоло́гия (biology: study of the form and structure) · tr morfoloji (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · ar مُورْفُولُوجِيَا (a scientific study of form and structure) · pt morfologia (biology: study of the form and structure) · cmn 詞法學 /词法学 (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · hy ձևաբանություն (a scientific study of form and structure) · pt morfologia (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · mk морфологија (a scientific study of form and structure) · bg морфоло́гия (a scientific study of form and structure) · bg морфоло́гия (geology: study of the form and structure) · ru морфоло́гия (the form and structure of something) · it morfologia (biology: study of the form and structure) · gl morfoloxía (a scientific study of form and structure) · is formfræði (a scientific study of form and structure) · tr biçim bilimi (a scientific study of form and structure) · pl morfologia (a description of the form and structure of something) · pl morfologia (biology: study of the form and structure) · uz morfologiya (a scientific study of form and structure) · ca morfologia (a scientific study of form and structure) · he מוֹרְפוֹלוֹגְיָה (a scientific study of form and structure) · pl morfologia (the form and structure of something) · sv morfologi (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · ms morfologi (biology: study of the form and structure) · mhr морфологий (biology: study of the form and structure) · da morfologi (a scientific study of form and structure) · ko 어형론 (a scientific study of form and structure) · sh о̏бликосло̄вље (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · ar تَصْرِيف (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · te రూపనిర్మాణశాస్త్రము (a scientific study of form and structure) · af morfologie (a scientific study of form and structure) · ru морфоло́гия (geology: study of the form and structure) · el μορφολογία (a scientific study of form and structure) · cs morfologie (a scientific study of form and structure) · ban rupawidya (a scientific study of form and structure) · it morfologia (geology: study of the form and structure) · vi hình thái học (biology: study of the form and structure) · cmn 形態學 /形态学 (a scientific study of form and structure) · fi morfologia (the form and structure of something) · pl morfologia (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · sk tvaroslovie (a scientific study of form and structure) · uk морфоло́гія (a description of the form and structure of something) · ceb morpolohiya (the form and structure of something) · fi morfologia (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · id morfologi (a scientific study of form and structure) · ko 형태 (the form and structure of something) · nl morfologie (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · it morfologia (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · nl morfologie (biology: study of the form and structure) · nl morfologie (the form and structure of something) · ms morfologi (a scientific study of form and structure) · km រូបសព្ទ (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · ru морфоло́гия (a description of the form and structure of something) · tl palaanyuan (biology: study of the form and structure) · fo formlæra (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · an morfolochía (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · hu morfológia (geology: study of the form and structure) · fa-ira ریخْتْشِناسی (a scientific study of form and structure) · th สัณฐานวิทยา (a scientific study of form and structure) · pl morfologia (geology: study of the form and structure) · et morfoloogia (a scientific study of form and structure) · cmn 形態學 /形态学 (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · hu morfológia (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · sw mofolojia (a scientific study of form and structure) · be марфало́гія (linguistics: study of the form and structure) · fa-ira مُرْفولوژی (a scientific study of form and structure) · gl morfoloxía (linguistics: study of the form and structure)