Kenneth Spalter, 72, of Pound Ridge, New York, was visiting St. Louis to meet his infant grandchild. But a confrontation on a quiet block of Tower Grove South turned deadly when sixteen-year-old carjacker Richard Donaldson opened fire, killing Spalter. Donaldson has been charged as an adult in the slaying. 10.
1 Phonology is the study of the sound system of a language or languages. 2  Morphology is a branch of biology which concerns the form and structure or organisms; this definition includes the form and structure of words within a language, and their modification. Syntax is the branch of linguistics that covers the grammatical arrangements of words within sentences, and how we use speech in communication. 2  Semantics deals with the study of meaning; how we combine words to create meaningful discourse. 3  It studies the relationship between signs and symbols and what they represent.
  Morphology is also used in other contexts, such as geomorphology.   Morphology is also a linguistics term, and involves the study of the structure of words in a language and the study of word formation. + 14 others found this useful. Shermaine Knight.