Affix, Root, Stem, Base

There is more to word that just something between two spaces! This video fleshes out the basic concepts with which you can know what words are made of.
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[@MJBsays]

I find that working backwards helps me deconstruct a word. So I look at the final evolution of a word and work my way down instead of up. And I notice that the base is usually the word before the first transition. In other words the foundation (base). For example as you said in activity: Active + ity, active is the word that transfoms hence active is the base. It couldn't be "act" because it wpuld be act + ity ...there is the /v/ missing. But in active Act + ive is the word act that transforms by taking on ive hence act is the base.

[@MackerelCat]

I've discussed this with my Linguistics class and we agree that kempt is a free morpheme in British English. Not common, but it does exist and everywhere you look textbooks and teachers are telling us it it's bound.

[@AzeLinguistics]

Interesting! Any examples?

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when I still don't understand about root, base and stem from the book, this video helps me very well.... thanks man :D

[@AzeLinguistics]

Nice to hear that! See you around.

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Moreover, the definition you gave to stem is wrong because the stem is what remains when you remove all inflectional affixes.

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[@AzeLinguistics]

Thanks for your feedback! See you around :)

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this is awesome... i understand it well but for some words i found, i still confuse because i have no idea what the root word is

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[@shompreetyfairuz5159]

but -ity in activity isn't an inflectional suffix. how can active be a stem? Stems only occur before an inflectional suffix right?

[@AzeLinguistics]

'-ity' is derivational. Stems may occur before inflectional or derivational suffixes. I am not aware of any book/linguist who may have defined stem otherwise. Please let me know if anything.

[@shompreetyfairuz5159]

@@AzeLinguistics then what's the difference between a stem and a base?

[@AzeLinguistics]

@@shompreetyfairuz5159 Plz watch the video again :)

[@magdalenatalik]

@@shompreetyfairuz5159 I also do not understand the same thing. Could you please explain? The video is not helpful in this matter as i dont understand it.

[@malikanagpal2608]

yes, activity is a stem because only -s can be added to make activities which is an inflectional suffix.

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It wasn’t clear enough, I’m confused now

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[@Avinaw]

Hello, are you still active? I wanted to know for a complex word, say, denationalisation, what would you choose the base as? National? Nationalise? Or Denationalise? I am confused, please help

[@raghadaldawsari1844]

You said that you’ve discussed root before can you tell me in which video you did or can you share the link, please?

[@ahmadsyahrulmubarok6767]

i have a question. what's about "interchangeable"? what is the stem for "interchangeable"? interchange? changeable?

[@hesamsalimi1880]

Hi thanks for your great explanation. There is still a question in my mind. In the word "reader" the root and stem is read. How about the base? Is it read as well?

[@yuniverse2862]

Thank you!! This video is very helpful. However, I'm wondering does it mean that one word (e.g. disproportionately) could possibly contain two bases (i.e., proportionate and disproportionate) but only one root (i.e., proportion)?

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This is just confusing me more

[@Deandralister]

Sir, I have a question about a root, stem, base, and word. Could they happen to the same word and at the same time?

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I have a question What is bound stem ?

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[@nothingchanges014]

So stem and affix are two relative concepts which define each other?

[@yazeedalkraki-gw2ge]

What is stem to word readjustable

[@jacobdudmansdog6764]

so why's active a stem if ity isn't an inflectional affix?

[@mailianiani4804]

Unkempt is a cranberry morpheme. Would you make a video about it? Thank you very much

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[@AzeLinguistics]

Thanks for your feedback, Hafsa! See you every Wednesday :)

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What about prefix + root, does it also include stem?

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[@tabarak2188]

Q. What is the difference between a bound base and an affix ?:(

[@ytv1234567]

i have a question so for the word Reteach, would (RE) be the root and (TEACH) be the stem?

[@mahmoudabdelghader7988]

No, "teach" is the stem and the root at the same time "re" is a derivational prefix.

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So the word 'inactivity' has 3 or 4 morphemes?

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4

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the difference between the root and stem is not clear

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and what about the word "grammaticalization " ,can you ânalize it ?

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what about the word "disabilities" ,pls help me .

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This is not an explanation.. it is a complete mess. You do not give any definitions and you jump from one thing to another.

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Confused

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Does the root haven to be a word that can stand on its own? So e.g. in irregular: Is it ir- + -regular (root) or ir- + -reg- (root) +-ular ?

[@AzeLinguistics]

Roots can be bound (not standing alone) or free.

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[@AzeLinguistics]

I won't be doing syntax for a while. There's more morphology yet to be done. Stay tuned!

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