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Which phrase best describes a characteristic of a morpheme? (1 point)
• added to a base or root
• gives a word its principal meaning
the smallest meaningful unit in a language
has meaning on its own
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the smallest meaningful unit in a language
(Other choices describe some morphemes—e.g., affixes are added to a base, roots give principal meaning, and free morphemes have independent meaning—but only the third option correctly defines "morpheme" in general.)
(Other choices describe some morphemes—e.g., affixes are added to a base, roots give principal meaning, and free morphemes have independent meaning—but only the third option correctly defines "morpheme" in general.)
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