Morphology is Relevant for the Written Form of Language

Abstract

The main areas of linguistics in general focus on the structure of language at different "scales". Morphology is considered to work on a larger scale than phonology, which explores categories of speech sounds that differ in spoken language, and thus may account for the difference between a morpheme and another. In contrast, syntax deals with the next largest scale and studies how words, in turn, form phrases and sentences. Morphological typology is a separate field that classifies languages based on the morphological features they exhibit.