Refers to the smallest unit of meaning. For example, in the word ‘helped’, both ‘help’ and ‘ed’ convey meaning and therefore both elements are ________. In this case, the ________ help can convey meaning on its own, meaning it is a free _______ whereas the _______ ‘ed’, while conveying that the action is in the past, needs to attach to another ________ to make sense, making it a bound ________.

A. plurality

B. person

C. morpheme

D. affix