Module 2: Linguistics
Bound grammatical morpheme: This term is used to describe a morpheme that is bound to another morpheme and serves the purpose of helping its word fit into a sentence grammatically. In the following example, notice the importance of the bound grammatical morpheme (we will use “s” in the same way we used it in the previous example). In the phrase, “John threw two balls to Mike,” the “s” in the word “balls” is the bound grammatical morpheme. The sentence would not make grammatical sense without it, as it would read “John threw two ball at Mike.”
Free grammatical morpheme: While we did not clearly identify this in the previous examples, free grammatical morpheme is a term used to describe morphemes that are not bound to other morphemes but are there to serve a grammatical purpose. Usually, these words are articles, conjunctions, and prepositions. In the sentence above, “John threw the ball at Mike,” “at” is a free grammatical morpheme.
Understanding these basic concepts can help a new language learner get a sense of how a language is structured and help them be able to make connections and learn new words and phrases more easily.
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