Base (in morphology) - Revision history

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In morphology, a '''base''' is a bigger unit to which an [[affix]] attaches or to which a [[morphological process]] applies.

:::*''"I shall try to use the term ''root'' to refer to a single morpheme which bears the 'core' meaning of a word. The term ''stem'' will be reserved for that part of a word to which inflectional affixes are added, and ''base'' for that part to which any other morpheme is added (inflectional, derivational, compound). Unfortunately, this terminology isn't standardized..."'' (Spencer 1991: 461)

===Synonym===
*[[stem]] (though this term is somewhat narrower, applying mostly to bases of inflectional affixes or processes)
*[[host]] (though this term is more commonly used in relation to clitics)

===Reference===
Spencer, Andrew. 1991. ''Morphological theory.'' Oxford: Blackwell.

===Other languages===
*German [[Basis]]

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 *Russian [[основа]]
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