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two kinds of morphology in linguistics
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In [[biology]], morphology is the branch of biology concerned with the form and structure of organisms.<ref>[http://www.thefreedictionary.com/morphology Morphology, from The Free Dictionary]</ref>
 
In [[biology]], morphology is the branch of biology concerned with the form and structure of organisms.<ref>[http://www.thefreedictionary.com/morphology Morphology, from The Free Dictionary]</ref>
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In [[linguistics]], morphology is the study of the form and structure of [[word]]s in a [[language]].  Morphology is the study of [[morpheme]]s, which are the units of meaning in a language (words, word stems, and [[affix]]es).<ref>[http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/morphology.html Morphology, by Dr. C. George Boeree]</ref>
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In [[linguistics]], morphology is the study of the form and structure of [[word]]s in a [[language]].  Morphology is the study of [[morpheme]]s, which are the units of meaning in a language (words, word stems, and [[affix]]es).<ref>[http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/morphology.html Morphology, by Dr. C. George Boeree]</ref>  Morphology is divided into derivational morphology (the formation of new words from old ones) and inflectional morphology (the changes in a word to show grammatical features).<ref>[http://www.ling.upenn.edu/courses/Fall_1998/ling001/morphology2.html Morphology, Part 2]</ref>
    
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