Definition
A bound morpheme is a grammatical unit that never occurs by itself, but is always attached to some other morpheme.
Examples
(English)
- The plural morpheme -s in dogs
Sources 4
- Crystal 1985, 36, 268
- Pei and Gaynor 1954, 31
- Hartmann and Stork 1972, 29
- Mish 1991, 171