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In one usage, a stem is a form to which [[affix]]es can be attached.<ref>{{cite book|title=The 'language instinct' debate| | In one usage, a stem is a form to which [[affix]]es can be attached.<ref>{{cite book|title=The 'language instinct' debate|author1=Geoffrey Sampson|author2=Paul Martin Postal|year=2005|publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-8264-7385-1|page=124|url=http://books.google.de/books?id=N0zJNPuXTZMC&pg=PA124&lpg=PA124&dq=%22a+root+is%22+%22a+stem+is%22&source=bl&ots=Amv01e0fmE&sig=p1LNjJBk5iHCDqpf7IDzRKGG3sY&hl=en&ei=bSZmSqCwAYegngOXlJH4Dw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1 | ||
|accessdate=2009-07-21}}</ref> Thus, in this usage, the English word ''friendships'' contains the stem ''friend'', to which the derivational suffix ''-ship'' is attached to form a new stem ''friendship'', to which the inflectional suffix ''-s'' is attached. | |accessdate=2009-07-21}}</ref> Thus, in this usage, the English word ''friendships'' contains the stem ''friend'', to which the derivational suffix ''-ship'' is attached to form a new stem ''friendship'', to which the inflectional suffix ''-s'' is attached. | ||
Revision as of 13:31, 3 March 2014
In one usage, a stem is a form to which affixes can be attached.[1] Thus, in this usage, the English word friendships contains the stem friend, to which the derivational suffix -ship is attached to form a new stem friendship, to which the inflectional suffix -s is attached.
In a slightly different usage a word has a single stem, namely the part of the word that is common to all its inflected variants.[2] Thus, in this usage, all derivational affixes are part of the stem. For example, the stem of friendships is friendship, to which the inflectional suffix -s is attached.
In Lojban any rafsi can act as a stem.
References
- ↑ Geoffrey Sampson; Paul Martin Postal (2005). The 'language instinct' debate. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-8264-7385-1. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
- ↑ Paul Kroeger (2005). Analyzing grammar. Cambridge University Press. p. 248. ISBN 978-0-521-81622-9. Retrieved 2009-07-21.