A morpheme is ____.
A)any phrase in a given language
B)an individual speech sound unique to a specific language
C)an arbitrary signal in a language system
D)the smallest component of speech that carries meaning

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A morpheme is the smallest component of speech that carries meaning. It is a unit of language that cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units. For example, the word "cats" consists of two morphemes: "cat" and "s." "Cat" is the main morpheme that carries the meaning, while "s" is the morpheme that indicates plurality.

A Morpheme Is ____