AP PSYCHOLOGY

COGNITION

THINKING CONCEPTS AND CREATIVITY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following is a morpheme?
A
z
B
l
C
u
D
a
E
e
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Morphemes are comprised of two separate classes called (a) bases (or roots) and (b) affixes. A “base, ” or “root” is a morpheme in a word that gives the word its principle meaning. An example of a “free base” morpheme is woman in the word womanly. An example of a “bound base” morpheme is-sent in the word dissent.

Detailed explanation-2: -Classified as phonemes or graphemes. Bound, free, inflectional and derivational are types of morphemes.

Detailed explanation-3: -A morpheme is the smallest unit of language that carries meaning, for example, the word play has one morpheme, that is, play, and the past tense of play, played, has two morphemes play and ed.

Detailed explanation-4: -A morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning that can’t be broken up. Eg-‘un’ in the word unable.

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