Question

What is a bound morpheme?

• A. morpheme that must be attached to another morpheme
• B. morpheme that can stand alone as a word
• C. morpheme that has no grammatical function
• D. morpheme that can only be used in a specific context

Answer 1

Answer:

A. morpheme that must be attached to another morpheme

• A bound morpheme cannot stand alone—it only has meaning when attached to a root or base word.

  Examples of bound morphemes:

  • Prefixes: un-, re-, pre-

  • Suffixes: -ed, -s, -ing, -ness