morphology
identification, analysis and description of the structure of a given language's morphemes and other linguistic units
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Summary
morphology is an academic major[1]. morphology draws 5,838 Wikipedia views per month (academic major category, ranking #9 of 73).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: language subsystem[3], branch of linguistics[4]
- Subclass of: linguistics[5]
- Part of: linguistics[6]
- Commons category: Morphology[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Linguistic morphology[8]
- Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12], Morphology[13]
- Topic has template: Template:Morphology[14], Шаблон:Морфология[15]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/tags/morphology[16]
- Short name: Morphol.[17]
- Different from: morphological typology[18], morphology[19]
- Is the study of: morpheme[20], flexion[21], affix[22], morphological balance[23]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24]
Why It Matters
morphology has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] morphology is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]