While phonology can tell us which sounds can occur in a language in what order, and even which sounds distinguish one word from another, it does not tell us anything about the meaning that various sound sequences express. The study of the various parts that comprise words and contribute to their meaning is called morphology. This chapter explores the internal structure of words, how words are comprised of smaller meaningful parts, and how some of these parts determine what word class a word belongs to, or show its function in a sentence.
