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bound morpheme

NOUN
  1. a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; eg an -s at the end of plural nouns

How To Use bound morpheme In A Sentence

  • A morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning in a language; a bound morpheme is one that appears only in combination with another morpheme, such as the suffixes and prefixes of English. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XVI No 1
  • Bound morphemes have to be attached to a free morpheme, and so cannot be words in their own right.
  • An analogous account can be given of many of the bound morphemes of English and other languages.
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