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In [[linguistics]], '''free morphemes''' (sometimes also referred to as '''unbound morphemes''') are [[morpheme]]s that can stand alone, unlike [[bound morpheme]]s, which occur only as parts of words. In the [[English language|English]] sentence ''[[Colorless green ideas sleep furiously|colorless green ideas sleep furiously]]'', for example, ''color'', ''green'', ''idea'', and ''sleep'' are all free morphemes, whereas ''-less'', ''-s'' and ''-ly'' are all bound morphemes. |
In [[linguistics]], '''free morphemes''' (sometimes also referred to as '''unbound morphemes''') are [[morpheme]]s that can stand alone, unlike [[bound morpheme]]s, which occur only as parts of words. In the [[English language|English]] sentence ''[[Colorless green ideas sleep furiously|colorless green ideas sleep furiously]]'', for example, ''color'', ''green'', ''idea'', and ''sleep'' are all free morphemes, whereas ''-less'', ''-s'' and ''-ly'' are all bound morphemes. |
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Many languages of East Asia have free morphemes, but not bound ones, such as Japanese, the Chinese languages, the Tai languages, and Vietnamese. |
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In linguistics, free morphemes (sometimes also referred to as unbound morphemes) are morphemes that can stand alone, unlike bound morphemes, which occur only as parts of words. In the English sentence colorless green ideas sleep furiously, for example, color, green, idea, and sleep are all free morphemes, whereas -less, -s and -ly are all bound morphemes.
Many languages of East Asia have free morphemes, but not bound ones, such as Japanese, the Chinese languages, the Tai languages, and Vietnamese.
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