morpheme

Context: In order to isolate elements of meaning in words and deal with them more effectively, some linguists have suggested the term morpheme to describe the minimal formal element of meaning in language, as distinct from word, which may or may not contain severel elements of meaning.

Source: Mona Baker (2006). //In Other Words (//p11) London and New York

Definition:n.Linguistics A meaningful linguistic unit consisting of a word, such as man, or a word element, such as -ed in walked, that cannot be divided into smaller meaningful parts.

eg:additive morpheme adjectivalization morpheme agreement morpheme complementarymorpheme discon-tinuous morpheme emphatic morpheme