Editing Bound and free morphemes (section)

{{Short description|Types of morphemes}}
In [[linguistics]], a '''bound morpheme''' is a [[morpheme]] (the elementary unit of morphosyntax) that can appear only as part of a larger expression, while a '''free morpheme''' (or '''unbound morpheme''') is one that can stand alone.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kroeger|first=Paul|title=Analyzing Grammar: An Introduction|year=2005|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|isbn=978-0-521-01653-7|pages=13|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rSglHbBaNyAC}}</ref> A bound morpheme is a type of '''bound form''', and a free morpheme is a type of '''free form'''.<ref>Elson and Pickett, ''Beginning Morphology and Syntax'', SIL, 1968, {{ISBN|0-88312-925-6}}, p6: "Morphemes which '''may''' occur alone are called '''free forms'''; morphemes which '''never''' occur alone are called '''bound forms'''."</ref>