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MORPHOLOGY

The branch of grammar that studies how words are formed from morphemes. Morphemes are words, word stems, and affixes, basically the unit of language one up from phonemes.

SYNTAX
The study of the rules governing the way words are combined into larger meaningful units of phrases, clauses and sentences. Syntactic rules specify word order, sentence organization, relationships between words etc.

For example : The boy hit the ball This is an example of a well formed and grammatical sentence. In contrast, the sentence : Hit the boy ball would be judged as ungrammatical. Therefore the knowledge of syntax plays an important role in understanding language.

PRAGMATICS
Pragmatics is the study of the aspects of meaning and language use. It is especially related to social context. Pragmatics involve three major communication skills which are
Using language for different purposes Changing language according to the needs of a listener or situation Following rules for conversations and storytelling

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