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Free morpheme is a morpheme which can function as an independent word. In this respect free morphemes oppose bound morphemes.

Example

the English word dog is a free morpheme.

Link

Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics

References

  • Bloomfield 1933. Language, Holt, New York.
  • Spencer, A. 1991. Morphological Theory, Blackwell, Oxford.