What is Morphology?
- Author: Mark Aronoff and Kirsten Fudeman
- Language: ingliz tilida
- Writing: ingliz yozuvida
- Publisher: Blackwell
- Year: 2026
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The term morphology is generally attributed to the German poet, novelist,
playwright, and philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832),
who coined it early in the nineteenth century in a biological context. Its
etymology is Greek: morph- means ‘shape, form’, and morphology is the
study of form or forms. In biology morphology refers to the study of the
form and structure of organisms, and in geology it refers to the study of
the configuration and evolution of land forms. In linguistics morphology
refers to the mental system involved in word formation or to the branch