Word formation

Root, stem base

Root- is a form which is not formal analyzable in terms of derivational or inflectional
morphology.
-is the basic part always present in a lexeme
-is the part of the word that remains when all the inflectional and derivational affixes
have been removed
Worker/work-root
-a primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic
content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents.
Inflectional roots are often called stems and a root is in the strict sense may be thought of
as a monomorphemic stem
In a complex word we can have 2 roots: greenhouse green+house

Stem
-is usually for bases of inflection,so a stem is concerned only when we deal with
inflectional morphology. Inflectional affixes are added to a stem.
It is the part of the word—form which remains when all inflectional affixes have been
removed
Classrooms-classroom-stem which contains 2 roots
Worker-worker-stem-s-inflectional affix
Destabilized-inflection
Stabil-root
Destabilize-stem
Ed-inflectional sufic
The stem is the base with all inflectional suffixes removed while the root is what remains
after all affixes have been taken off.
Stem-the element to which we add an inflection
Morphology-inflection,word formation-derivation compounding
Base
-is any form to which affixes of any kind can beaded
-the part of the word an affix is attached to
-a derivational analyzable form which affixes are added can only be referred to as a base
The base that cannot be analyzed further into morphemes is a root
Any root or stem can be called a base
Stem=bases for inflection
Untouchables –touch-root(base) for able,able-derivational suffix,un-derivational
prefix,touchable-base for un-untouchable-stem/base, s-inflectional affix