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A '''morpheme''' is the smallest unit of meaning in a language.  The study of morphemes is called [[morphology]].

A '''morpheme''' is the smallest unit of meaning in a language.  The study of morphemes is called [[morphology]].

For example, the [[word]] "dogs" includes the morpheme "dog" (conveying lexical meaning) and the morpheme "-s" (indicating [[number (grammar)|number]]).  The morpheme "dog" is called a free morpheme, as it can be used as a separate word; the morpheme "-s" is called a bound morpheme, as it cannot.<ref>[http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsAMorpheme.htm What is a morpheme?]</ref>

For example, the [[word]] "dogs" includes the morpheme "dog" (conveying lexical meaning) and the morpheme "-s" (indicating [[number (grammar)|number]]).  The morpheme "dog" is called a free morpheme, as it can be used as a separate word; the morpheme "-s" is called a bound morpheme, as it cannot.<ref>[http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsAMorpheme.htm What is a morpheme?]</ref> Bound morphemes include [[affix]]es and [[clitic]]s.

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