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Slide 2
Breaking things up
antidisestablishment ismarian
There’s something special about the piece “establish”. It is the smallest unit in the entire word that provides the core meaning. This the ROOT.
Slide 3
Compositionality
Consider these:fortune
fortunate
unfortunate
*unfortuneWHY? un- fortune -ate
root suffix
stem
prefix
Slide 4
Root and Stem
• Root
In concatenative morphology, the root is the unit that provides the core meaning and to which affixes may be attached.
• Stem
In concatenative morphology, the stem is the unit to which affixes are attached.
Slide 5
Example
theatre
ante
alic ity
theatric ityal
root
stem
stem
penultimate
ante pen ultimate
root
stem
Note: Theatre and ultimate here are also stems, since all roots are potential stems.