What is Morphology?

In general terms, the Morphology it is the study of the structure, formation and classification of words. The aim of Morphology is to study isolated words and not from their function in the sentence or period, as occurs with Syntax.

The study of morphological classes, also called word classes or grammatical classes, can be divided into:

Structure and formation of words:

  • Derivation processes and word composition.

Substantive:

  • classification of nouns

  • Nouns and their collectives

  • Formation of Nouns

  • Inflection of Nouns

  • Noun Number

  • noun degree

Adjective

  • Classification of Adjectives

  • Homeland Adjectives

  • Adjective phrases

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  • Adjective inflection

Article

  • Classification of articles

Numeral

  • Classification of numerals

Pronoun

  • Personal pronouns

  • Oblique Pronoun Unstressed

  • Tonic Oblique Pronoun

  • Treatment pronoun

  • Possessive pronouns

  • Demonstrative pronouns

  • Indefinite Pronouns

  • Relative pronouns

  • Interrogative pronouns

Verb

  • Classification of Verbs

  • Verb Modes

  • Verb tenses

  • Voices of the Word

Adverb

  • Adverb classification

Preposition

  • classification of prepositions

Conjunction

  • Coordinating conjunctions

  • Subordinate conjunctions

Interjection

  • Interjective utterances


By Ma. Luciana Kuchenbecker Araújo

Would you like to reference this text in a school or academic work? Look:

ARAúJO, Luciana Kuchenbecker. "What is Morphology?"; Brazil School. Available in: https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/o-que-e/portugues/o-que-e-morfologia.htm. Accessed on July 27, 2021.

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