AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -The Morpheme is the smallest unit of a language that can carry meaning.

Detailed explanation-4: -A morpheme is the smallest meaningful constituent of a linguistic expression. The field of linguistic study dedicated to morphemes is called morphology. In English, morphemes are often but not necessarily words.

Detailed explanation-5: -Morphology is the study of words and their parts. Morphemes, like prefixes, suffixes and base words, are defined as the smallest meaningful units of meaning.