What is a word? Bloomfield defined a word as a minimum free form",that is the smallest form that can occur by itself. word=sound +meaning Eg.Go---[gau]meaning (where to go) Go,goes,going Go as a free form/rootWhat is a word? Bloomfield defined a word as a “minimum free form”, that is the smallest form that can occur by itself. word=sound +meaning Eg. Go---[gəu] + meaning (where to go) Go, goes, going Go as a free form/root