morpheme
/ˈmɔːrfiːm/
the smallest meaningful unit in a language
morpheme in a sentence
“The word 'cats' contains two morphemes: 'cat' and '-s'.”
Origin of morpheme
Greek morphe (form) + -eme (unit)
Related Words
semantics
the study of meaning in language; what words and sentences signify
syntax
the rules governing how words combine into phrases and sentences
pragmatics
how context influences the interpretation of meaning
morphology
the study of word formation and internal structure
deixis
words whose meaning depends on context (I, here, now, this)
anaphora
using a word to refer back to something mentioned earlier