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Difference between free and bound morpheme

State the difference between free and bound morpheme? illustrate your answers with examples.

State the difference between free and bound morpheme? illustrate your answers with examples.

Answer.

– Free morphemes are those that can stone alone, carrying full semantic weight.

Examples: table, home, book, car …

– Bound morphemes are those that can not stand alone in the language. They are always added to one or more morphemes to form a new word or to modify the meaning of original word. 

Examples: uncareful, undeveloped, invitation, movement, disable