Lexicology vs. Morphology
Lexicologynoun
The part of linguistics that studies words, their nature and meaning, words' elements, relations between words including semantic relations, words groups and the whole lexicon.
Lexicologynoun
(countable) A specific theory concerning the lexicon.
Lexicologynoun
The science of the derivation and signification of words; that branch of learning which treats of the signification and application of words.
Lexicologynoun
the branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language
Lexicology
Lexicology is the branch of linguistics that analyzes the lexicon of a specific language. A word is the smallest meaningful unit of a language that can stand on its own, and is made up of small components called morphemes and even smaller elements known as phonemes, or distinguishing sounds.
Morphologynoun
(uncountable) A scientific study of form and structure, usually without regard to function. Especially:
Morphologynoun
(linguistics) The study of the internal structure of morphemes (words and their semantic building blocks).
Morphologynoun
(biology) The study of the form and structure of animals and plants.
Morphologynoun
(geology) The study of the structure of rocks and landforms.
Morphologynoun
(math) Mathematical morphology.
Morphologynoun
(countable) The form and structure of something.
Morphologynoun
(countable) A description of the form and structure of something.
Morphologynoun
That branch of biology which deals with the structure of animals and plants, treating of the forms of organs and describing their varieties, homologies, and metamorphoses. See Tectology, and Promorphology.
Morphologynoun
The form and structure of an organism.
Morphologynoun
The branch of linguistics which studies the patterns by which words are formed from other words, including inflection, compounding, and derivation.
Morphologynoun
The study of the patterns of inflection of words or word classes in any given language; the study of the patterns in which morphemes combine to form words, and the rules for combination; morphemics; as, the morphology of Spanish verbs; also, the inflection patterns themselves.
Morphologynoun
the branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants
Morphologynoun
studies of the rules for forming admissible words
Morphologynoun
the admissible arrangement of sounds in words
Morphologynoun
the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms
Morphologynoun
the study of the forms of things.
Morphologynoun
the branch of biology that deals with the form of living organisms, and with relationships between their structures.
Morphologynoun
the study of the forms of words, in particular inflected forms
Morphologynoun
a particular form, shape, or structure.
