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    is "cran" a bound morpheme or free morpheme?
    cranberry.

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    Default Re: linguistics

    Hi taghavi,

    There are two very clear definitions which I have found recently in the authoritative Answer.com.

    · Free morphemes like town, dog can appear with other lexemes (as in town hall or dog house) or they can stand alone, i.e. "free".
    · Bound morphemes (or affixes) like "un-" appear only together with other morphemes to form a lexeme. Bound morphemes in general tend to be prefixes and suffixes. Unproductive, non-affix morphemes that exist only in bound form are known as "cranberry" morphemes, from the "cran" in that very word.

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    Default Re: linguistics

    Hello Varna,
    Thanks for your explanation.

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