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Base Any form to which any derivational suffixes can be added.
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complex word A word that consists of one root morpheme (bound or free) and at least one derivational affix.
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derivational affixes Affixes that are used to create new words. Such affixes are not required by the grammatical context.
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labelled bracketing A way of representing the internal structure of words using square brackets to mark the base of each word contained within.
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node The point in a tree diagram from which two branches sprout.
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simple word A word that consists of one root morpheme.
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Stem A stem is what remains after the removal of inflectional suffixes.
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tree diagram A diagram that has a branching structure like that of a tree which is used to represent the successive steps of the affixation process.
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