Phonological vs Morphological - What's the difference?
phonological | morphological |
Of or relating to phonology.
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Of, or pertaining to, morphology
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As adjectives the difference between phonological and morphological
is that phonological is of or relating to phonology while morphological is of, or pertaining to, morphology.phonological
English
Adjective
(-)- [...] Phonological' competence is also reflected in intuitions about '''phonological''' structure: any English speaker intuitively feels, for example, that the sequence 'black bird' can either be a single '''phonological''' word ('''BLACK'''bird, with primary stress on ''black'' = a species of bird, like thrush, robin, etc.), or two independent '''phonological''' words ('''BLACK BIRD''' or black ' BIRD = bird which is black, as opposed to 'white bird', 'yellow bird', etc.).
Derived terms
* phonologicallymorphological
English
Adjective
(-)- In much the same way, morphological competence'' is reflected in the native speaker's intuitions about morphological well-formedness and structure. For example, native speakers of English know that ''van'' and ''can'' have the respective plural forms ''vans'' and ''cans'', but that the plural of ''man'' is ''men'' and not *''mans . [...]