A morpheme is defined as
A) the smallest unit of sound in a language.
B) the smallest unit of a language that conveys meaning.
C) the dictionary meaning of a word.
D) speech that consists of minimalistic sentences.

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A morpheme is the smallest unit of a language that conveys meaning. It can be a word or a part of a word that cannot be further divided into smaller meaningful parts. For example, the word "unhappiness" consists of three morphemes: "un-", "happy", and "-ness".

A Morpheme Is Defined as