What is the study of words their formation and relationship to other words called?

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What is the study of word formation called?
What is the study of words how they are formed and their relationship to other words in the same language?
What is the study of word formation and word meaning?
What is the study of morphology?

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What is the study of word formation called?

Morphology is the study of the structure and form of words in language or a language, including inflection, derivation, and the formation of compounds. At the basic level, words are made of "morphemes." These are the smallest units of meaning: roots and affixes (prefixes and suffixes).

What is the study of words how they are formed and their relationship to other words in the same language?

Morphology, in linguistics, is the study of the forms of words, and the ways in which words are related to other words of the same language. Formal differences among words serve a variety of purposes, from the creation of new lexical items to the indication of grammatical structure.

What is the study of word formation and word meaning?

In linguistics, morphology (/mɔːrˈfɒlədʒi/) is the study of words, how they are formed, and their relationship to other words in the same language. It analyzes the structure of words and parts of words such as stems, root words, prefixes, and suffixes.

What is the study of morphology?

morphology, in biology, the study of the size, shape, and structure of animals, plants, and microorganisms and of the relationships of their constituent parts.