Base (in morphology): Difference between revisions

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*[[stem]] (though this term is somewhat narrower, applying mostly to bases of inflectional affixes or processes)
*[[stem]] (though this term is somewhat narrower, applying mostly to bases of inflectional affixes or processes)
*[[host]] (though this term is more commonly used in relation to clitics)
*[[host]] (though this term is more commonly used in relation to clitics)
===Link===
[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Base&lemmacode=819 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]


===Reference===
===Reference===
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===Other languages===
===Other languages===
*German [[Basis]]
*German [[Basis (in der Morphologie)]]
*Russian [[основа]]
*Russian [[основа]]


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Revision as of 17:41, 12 February 2009

In morphology, a base is a bigger unit to which an affix attaches or to which a morphological process applies.

  • "I shall try to use the term root to refer to a single morpheme which bears the 'core' meaning of a word. The term stem will be reserved for that part of a word to which inflectional affixes are added, and base for that part to which any other morpheme is added (inflectional, derivational, compound). Unfortunately, this terminology isn't standardized..." (Spencer 1991: 461)

Synonym

  • stem (though this term is somewhat narrower, applying mostly to bases of inflectional affixes or processes)
  • host (though this term is more commonly used in relation to clitics)

Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics

Reference

Spencer, Andrew. 1991. Morphological theory. Oxford: Blackwell.

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