Discussion
In the word rapidly, 'ly' is an adverbial suffix indicating manner while rapid is a ______, ly is a ____.
Answer: C
Rapid is a free morpheme and ly is a bound morpheme.
A free morpheme can stand alone as a word, as rapid can. A bound morpheme such as the suffix ly cannot stand alone and must attach to another form.
'Word' and 'wordling', 'morpheme-bit' and 'half-morpheme' are not technical terms in morphology, so the other options are wrong.
The same split applies to other words: in 'unhappy' the prefix un- is bound and happy is free, so a bound form needs a free form to carry it, as ly does with rapid.
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