COMPARISON BETWEEN LEXICOLOGY AND

MORPHOLOGY
A comprotive study

Ramil İbrahimov
1. Introduction.
2. The first main point:
2.1. Definition of Lexicology and Morphology
2.2. The role of lexicology and morphology in the language
3. The second main point:
3.1. The main object of lexicology and morphology
3.2. The way a word is studied in lexicology and morphology
4. The third main point:
4.1. Similarities between lexicology and morphology
4.2. Differences between lexicology and morphology
5. Conclusion
6. References
1. Abstract/Introduction
Objective of the Study

• Word is an object in the basis of all languages, and these words are
studied in different sections of linguistics such as phonetics,
dialectology, stylistics, etc., based on certain regularities in linguistics.
However, all words in a language are studied thoroughly in lexicology
and morphology, the largest branches of linguistics.
 THIS PRESENTATION HAS GOT THREE
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

 What’s the definition of Lexicology and Morphology and their role in a language?
 What do Lexicology and Morphology teach and where?
 By learning Lexicology and Morphology what are the similarities and differences between them?
2. The first Main point:
2.1. Definition of Lexicology and Morphology.
• Lexicology consists of two Greek words (lexicos - word, logos -
learning) and is a science that studies the vocabulary of the language
both in the modern state of language, and in the process of historical
development. )Ivanova, 1979, p. 100(
• Morphology consists of the Greek words morphos - form, and logos -
science, and studies the rules of word formation and combination of
sentences in grammar. (Vinogradov, 1999, p. 59)
2.2. The role of lexicology and morphology in the language

• The role of lexicology is to study the importance, meaning, origin, laws

of development, groups, the active and passive kinds of vocabularies,
phraseological units, etc. as a lexical semantic unit. (Akhundov, 1975, p.
150)

• The role of morphology is to study the structure of words as parts of

speech and the rules of change, based on the grammatical meaning
within the sentences. (Popova, 2014, p. 34)
3. The second Main Point:
3.1. The main object of lexicology and morphology.

The central object studied in both lexicology and morphology is the word
unit.
However, in both sections, a word is regarded in different points of view
which leads to some similarities and differences.
3.2. The way a word is studied in lexicology
and morphology

• The lexicology department learns the word independently from different

angles within different dictionary books rather than a sentence.
• In the science of morphology, words are studied not outside the sentence
but inside it as part of speech, and their structure and rules of change are
explored.
4. The third Main point:
4.1. Similarities between lexicology and morphology

• Studying word as the main object is to connect lexicology and

morphology.
• Both of them study the meaning of the word in a language, and finally
they both study the role and function of the word.
4.2. Differences between lexicology and
morphology
• In lexicology, a word is studied separately, while it is studied as a part of a sentence in
morphology.
• The lexicology section of the language learns all the words in the lexical sense, and the
morphology section studies the words according to the grammatical meaning within the
sentence.
• Lexical meaning of a word is expressed in different ways such as by choosing a word
that is closest in meaning, by explaining the signs of an object, an action, by revealing
the meaning of parts of word, or by choosing a word with the opposite meaning of the
word. However, the grammatical meaning of a word is determined by the following two
sections, a-parts of speech that the words belong to b- the characteristics part of that
speech.
5. Conclusion.

• Finally, To reach the best conclusion it is absolutely necessary to

mention that there are a number of similarities and differences between
lexicology and morphology in the science of linguistics.
6. References.

• Akhundov R. Lexicology and morphology, Baku: Maarif, 1975.

• Ivanova S.T. Theoretical grammar of the English language, Moskva: Vısshaya Shkola, 1979.
• Popova N.D. Linguistics, Voronezh: Istoki, 2014.
• Vinogradov A.P. Grammar of the English language, Novosibirsk: Nauka, 1999.