The word SLOWLY would be an example of a:
A) metalinguistic
B) phoneme
C) syntactical unit
D) morpheme

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"Slowly" consists of a single morpheme, which is the smallest unit of meaning in language, making option D the correct choice. A phoneme is a unit of sound, a syntactical unit is a larger unit of language that includes multiple words, and metalinguistic refers to language used to talk about language itself.

The Word SLOWLY Would Be an Example of A