BOUNDMORPHEME

Bound morpheme

In morphology, a bound morpheme is a morpheme that appears only as part of a larger word; a free or unbound morpheme is one that can stand alone. A bound morpheme is also known as a bound form, and similarly a free morpheme is a free form.

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bound morpheme

Noun

  1. A morpheme that can only occur when bound to a root morpheme. For example, -ed, -ing, -ly.


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