AP Psychology

Category - Psychology

In language processing, the smallest meaningful unit in language is referred to as:
  1. a morpheme
  2. a word
  3. a mnemonic
  4. a phoneme
  5. a letter
Explanation
Answer: A - A morpheme is the smallest meaningful unit in language.
Key Takeaway: A word is the smallest unit in language that can be understood in isolation. For example, the word ‘distaste’ has two morphemes: ‘dis-‘ and ‘taste’, and each has a meaning that can be understood by itself. In language processing, the morpheme provides the building block whereby language acquisition is based.
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