Morphemes refer to the
A) rules for combining words of a language.
B) elementary units of sound.
C) pairs of words in a language that have the same sound but different meanings.
D) smallest units of meaning.

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Morphemes are the smallest units of meaning in a language. They are the building blocks of words and can be either free morphemes, which can stand alone as words (e.g. "cat"), or bound morphemes, which can only be attached to other morphemes to create words (e.g. "-ful" in "playful").

Morphemes Refer to the