MORPHOLOGY

MORPHOLOGY

The definitions of morphology based on the authors above

• Francis Katamba

Morphology is the study of the internal structure of words did not emerge as a distinct sub-branch of linguistics. The claim that words have structure might come as a surprise because normally speakers think of words as a surprise because normally speakers think of words as indivisible units of meaning. This is probably due to the fact that many words are morphologically simple. For example the, desk, boot, mosquito, etc., could not be segmented (divided up) into smaller units that are themselves meaningful. But very many English words are morphologically complex. They can be broken down into smaller units that are meaningful. Like desk-s and boot-s, for instance, where desk refers into one piece of furniture and boot refers to one item of footwear, while in both cases the –s serves the grammatical function of indicating plurality.

• George Yule

Morphology is the study of forms or investigating forms in language, which literary means ‘ the study of form’ was originally used in biology, but since the mid nineteenth century, has also been used to describe that type of investigation which analyzes all basic elements which are used in language.

• Nirmala Sari

Morphology is the study of word formation.

• Victoria Fromkin & Robert Rodman

Morphology is Rodman Morphology is the study of the internal structure of words, and of the rules by which words are formed. This word itself consists of two morphemes, morph + ology. the morphemic suffix –oology means “science of” or “branch of knowledge concerning.” Thus, the meaning of morphology is “the science of word forms.”