Free_morpheme Free_morpheme

Free morpheme - Definition and Overview

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In linguistics, free morphemes are morphemes that can stand alone, unlike bound morphemes, which only occur as parts of words. In the English sentence colorless green ideas sleep furiously, for example, color, green, idea, sleep and furious are all free morphemes, whereas -less, -s and -ly are all bound morphemes.

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