- Phonology studies sound patterns in a language, while morphology studies the structure of words and word formation.
- There is an interface between the two, as the distribution of phonemes can be influenced by morphological patterns. For example, certain sounds may be allowed or disallowed in specific morphological contexts.
- Phonology provides the basic sounds that make up morphemes, the smallest units of meaning. Understanding phonology is necessary to study morphology.
- While phonology focuses on sounds and morphology on structures of words, they are both subfields of linguistics that work together to analyze languages. The distribution of sounds can