What is the term for the smallest unit of meaning in a language?
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Morpheme
A morpheme can be a whole word (like 'dog') or a prefix/suffix (like 'un-' or '-ed'). The word 'unbreakable' contains three morphemes: 'un-', 'break', and '-able.'
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