Morphology refers to which aspect of language?

• A. Morphology refers to units of meaning involved in word formation
• B. The study of shapes and forms
• C. The process of forming sentences
• D. The measurement of weight

Answer: (A)

Morphology is about the structure of words and the meaningful units that build them, called morphemes. It explains how roots combine with prefixes and suffixes to create new words and meanings. For instance, in a word like unhappy, the parts are un- (a prefix meaning not), happy (the root), and the overall meaning changes with the added morphemes. Because of this focus on units of meaning involved in word formation, the correct choice describes morphology most accurately. The idea of studying shapes and forms is more general and can confuse physical form with linguistic structure. Forming sentences belongs to syntax, and measuring weight is unrelated to language structure.