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Propositional objects > Word > Morpheme > Bound morpheme > Stem (Linguistics)

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1150Stem (Linguistics)  

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Entry terms

  • Base
  • Root

Scope note

  • A stem is a part of a word. The term is used with slightly different meanings.In one usage, a stem is a form to which affixes can be attached. Thus, in this usage, the English word improvements contains the stem 'improve', to which the derivational suffix '-ment' is attached to form a new stem 'improvement', to which the inflectional suffix '-s' is attached. In a variant of this usage, the root of the word (in the example, improve) is not counted as a stem.

Source

  • Bloomfield 1933
  • Booij 2007
  • Carstairs-McCarthy 1992
  • Matthews 1974
  • Ράλλη 2005

Contributor

  • Katsiadakis Helen (AA)

Creator

  • Karasimos Athanasios (AA)

Notation

  • 1150

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https://humanitiesthesaurus.academyofathens.gr/dyas-resource/Concept/1150

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