CTET PAPER I 2021 · PYQ · Linguistics / Morphology · medium
The one that cannot be further divided into smaller grammatically meaningful components is _________
A.a phoneme
B.a morpheme✓ Correct
C.a diphthong
D.syntax
Explanation
A morpheme is the smallest grammatically meaningful unit of language that cannot be further divided into smaller meaningful units. A phoneme is the smallest sound unit (not grammatically meaningful by itself), a diphthong is a complex vowel sound, and syntax is the structure of sentences. The morpheme is the smallest meaningful grammatical unit.
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