Word Formation

Word formation Root, stem base Root- is a form which is not formal analyzable in terms of derivational or inflectional morphology. -is the basic part always present in a lexeme -is the part of the word that remains when all the inflectional and derivational affixes have been removed Worker/work-root -a primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional roots are often called stems and a root is in the strict sense may be thought of as a monomorphemic stem In a complex word we can have 2 roots: greenhouse green+house Stem -is usually for bases of inflection,so a stem is concerned only when we deal with inflectional morphology. Inflectional affixes are added to a stem. It is the part of the word—form which remains when all inflectional affixes have been removed Classrooms-classroom-stem which contains 2 roots Worker-worker-stem-s-inflectional affix Destabilized-inflection Stabil-root Destabilize-stem Ed-inflectional sufic The stem is the base with all inflectional suffixes removed while the root is what remains after all affixes have been taken off. Stem-the element to which we add an inflection Morphology-inflection,word formation-derivation compounding Base -is any form to which affixes of any kind can beaded -the part of the word an affix is attached to -a derivational analyzable form which affixes are added can only be referred to as a base The base that cannot be analyzed further into morphemes is a root Any root or stem can be called a base Stem=bases for inflection Untouchables –touch-root(base) for able,able-derivational suffix,un-derivational prefix,touchable-base for un-untouchable-stem/base, s-inflectional affix