COGNITION
THINKING AND LANGUAGE
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Phoneme; morpheme
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Morpheme; phoneme
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Semantics; morpheme
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Semantics; syntax
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Morpheme is the smallest unit of a language that can carry meaning.
Detailed explanation-2: -Morphemes are the smallest units of meaning in a language. Phonemes are the smallest units of sound in a language. A phoneme is the smallest unit (sound) of language which serves to distinguish words from one another. Example: bat contains three phonemes (/b/a/t/).
Detailed explanation-3: -A morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning in language providing the foundation of language and can not be divided into smaller parts carrying meaning. It has relatively the same stable meaning in different verbal environments. The study of morphemes is called Morphology.
Detailed explanation-4: -A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound. A phoneme is the smallest unit of spoken sound and is often the one thing that distinguishes one word from another. For example, cat and rat are only differentiated by the first phoneme.