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|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. | ||
In a slightly different usage a word has a single stem, namely the part of the word that is common to all its [[ | In a slightly different usage a word has a single stem, namely the part of the word that is common to all its [[Inflection|inflected]] variants.<ref>{{cite book|title=Analyzing grammar|author=Paul Kroeger|year=2005|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-81622-9|page=248|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=rSglHbBaNyAC&pg=PA248&dq=%22a+stem+is%22+%22a+root+is%22&ei=4CxmSvaCHIqyzQSOg6XpAw&hl=de|accessdate=2009-07-21}}</ref> 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. | In Lojban any [[rafsi]] can act as a stem. | ||
Revision as of 13:32, 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.