The study of the internal structure of words and the combination of meaningful units within the word.

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Morphology is the study of the internal structure of words, including the analysis of meaningful units such as roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Phonology (B) is the study of the sound patterns in language, phonemics (C) is the study of the contrastive relationships between sounds, and phonetics (D) is the study of the physical characteristics of speech sounds.

The Study of the Internal Structure of Words and the Combination