Free morphemes can function independently as words (e.g.
town,
dog) and can appear within
lexemes (e.g.
town hall,
doghouse).
Bound morphemes appear only as parts of words, always in conjunction with a
root and sometimes with other bound morphemes. For example,
un- appears only accompanied by other morphemes to form a word. Most bound morphemes in English are
affixes, particularly
prefixes and
suffixes. Examples of suffixes are
-tion,
-ation,
-ible,
-ing, etc. Bound morphemes that are not affixes are called
cranberry morphemes.
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Main article: Bound and unbound morphemes
Every morpheme can be classified as either free or bound. [2] These categories are mutually exclusive, and as such, a given morpheme will belong to exactly one of them.
<span>Free morphemes can function independently as words (e.g. town, dog) and can appear within lexemes (e.g. town hall, doghouse). Bound morphemes appear only as parts of words, always in conjunction with a root and sometimes with other bound morphemes. For example, un- appears only accompanied by other morphemes to form a word. Most bound morphemes in English are affixes, particularly prefixes and suffixes. Examples of suffixes are -tion, -ation, -ible, -ing, etc. Bound morphemes that are not affixes are called cranberry morphemes.
Classification of bound morphemes[edit]
Bound morphemes can be further classified as derivational or inflectional.
Derivational morphemes[edit]
Derivational morphemes, when comb Summary
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