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	A '''root''' is a part of a [[word]] with [[lexical meaning]] that cannot be broken down further.		A '''root''' is a part of a [[word]] with [[lexical meaning]] that cannot be broken down further. ''Root'' is a term which is not uniquely defined. Some linguists consider the root to be the basic [[free morpheme]] in a [[derivation\|derived form]].

	===Examples===		===Examples===
	In the words ''un-ripe'', ''rip-en'' and ''rip-er'', the root is each time ''ripe''. The [[morpheme]]s un-. -en and -er have grammatical rather than lexical meaning and therefore are [[affix]]es, not roots.		In the words ''un-ripe'', ''rip-en'' and ''rip-er'', the root is each time ''ripe''. The [[morpheme]]s un-. -en and -er have grammatical rather than lexical meaning and therefore are [[affix]]es, not roots.

			If we take the form ''disagreement'', this word contains the basic free morpheme ''agree'' and the two bound morphemes (or affixes) ''dis''- and -''ment''. Some linguists (e.g. Spencer (1991)) call ''agree'' the root. Others (e.g. Halle (1973)) assume that ''agree'' is the stem, and reserve the notion 'root' for bounded morphemes which cannot be considered as affixes. For example, if we take the words ''receive, conceive'' and ''deceive'', we can isolate the prefixes ''re-, con''- and ''de''- and the bound morpheme ''ceive''. Only Halle (1973) calls ''ceive'' the root.

	===Origin===		===Origin===
	The term ''root'' originates in Hebrew linguistics and was unknown in Western linguistics until the 16th century, when Hebrew linguistics was discovered by non-Jewish linguists.		The term ''root'' originates in Hebrew linguistics and was unknown in Western linguistics until the 16th century, when Hebrew linguistics was discovered by non-Jewish linguists.

	===~~Link~~===		===Links===
	[http://en.~~wikipedia~~.~~org~~/~~wiki~~/~~Root_%28linguistics%29 Wikipedia article~~]		{{wikipedia\|Root_%28linguistics%29}}
			* [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Root&lemmacode=356 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]

			=== References ===

			* Halle, M. 1973. ''Prolegomena to a Theory of Word-Formation,'' Linguistic Inquiry 4, pp. 451-464
			* Spencer, A. 1991. ''Morphological Theory,'' Blackwell, Oxford.


	===Other languages===		===Other languages===

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A '''root''' is a part of a [[word]] with [[lexical meaning]] that cannot be broken down further.

===Examples===
In the words ''un-ripe'', ''rip-en'' and ''rip-er'', the root is each time ''ripe''. The [[morpheme]]s un-. -en and -er have grammatical rather than lexical meaning and therefore are [[affix]]es, not roots.

===Origin===
The term ''root'' originates in Hebrew linguistics and was unknown in Western linguistics until the 16th century, when Hebrew linguistics was discovered by non-Jewish linguists.

===Link===
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_%28linguistics%29 Wikipedia article]

===Other languages===
German [[Wurzel]]

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Haspelmath: New page: A '''root''' is a part of a word with lexical meaning that cannot be broken down further. ===Examples=== In the words ''un-ripe'', ''rip-en'' and ''rip-er'', the root is each time...