smallest grammatical unit in a language. morphemes may or may not stand alone

process of making complex words by stringing together morphemes without changing them in spelling or phonetics

study of words, how they are formed, and their relationship to other words in the same language. It analyzes the structure of words and parts of words, such as stems, root words, prefixes, and suffixes

the set of rules, principles, and processes that govern the structure of sentences in a given language, specifically word order and punctuation

study of grammatical categories or linguistic units that have both morphological and syntactic properties

the literal, dictionary definition of a word. Many of the words that we use also have feelings and emotions that are associated with them, and this is called connotation. It is sort of the opposite of connotation

he study of the relationship between the linguistics forms and entities in the world, that is, how words literally connect to things

a meaning of word directly relates with the references. it is extra-linguistic, refers to an entity in the real world

semantic category of NOUN, referring to a person, animal, or other creature (boy, sheep, worm), in contrast to an inanimate noun, which refers to a thing or concept (corn, boyhood, sleep)

The smallest unit of sound in a language. May not have meaning on own, but when put together become words