When speakers of English add "ed" to a verb to indicate past tense, they are applying a morpheme as well as

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Adding "ed" to a verb is a morphological process, in which a morpheme is added to the base form of the verb to indicate past tense. Therefore, option C is the correct answer. Option A is not correct as "extralinguistic information" refers to information outside of language, and adding "ed" is a linguistic process. Option B is not correct as "ed" is not a prefix. Option D is not correct as a phoneme is a unit of sound, not a unit of meaning.

When Speakers of English Add "Ed" to a Verb to Indicate