The analysis of morphemes proposed here takes as a basic definition Bloomfield's statements: a linguistic form which bears no partial phonetic-semantic resemblance to any other form, is a [...] 'morpheme' , and any combination of phonemes [...] which has a meaning, is a 'linguistic form.' [Bloomfield 1933, p. 161 e 138]
- Nida (1948), Pag. 419

[...] a morpheme, [...] a minimal unit of phonetic-semantic distinctiveness.
- Nida (1948), Pag. 427