What is free morpheme?
1.
Andrew Carstairs : Free morpheme is the
smaller part of words (morpheme) that can stand on their own.
Ex
: Hear-ing
Read-able
En-large
Perform-ance
White-ness
Dark-en
Seek-er
2.
Francis Katamba : Free morpheme is many words contain a root standing independently
(roots which are capable of standing independently)
Ex : men book tea
Bet very pain
3.
Mark Arronof : Free morpheme is like a
stem in constituting the core of the word to which other pieces attach, but the
term refers only morphologycally simple units.
Ex : dis-agree-ment
