Name: Nur Izzatul Laila

Class : 5A

NPM : 210202036

Base Morpheme, Base Form (Base), Stem (Stem), and Root (Root)

In its division, Chaer (2012) explains these terms. The term base form is used to refer to a form
that becomes the basis in a morphological process. For example, in the word speak which
consists of the morphemes {ber-} and {speak}, then {speak} is the basic form of the word speak
which also happens to be a basic morpheme.

The term stem is used to refer to the basic form in the process of inflection or the process of
affixing inflective affixes. For example, in Indonesian the word cry is {tangis}, so the morpheme
{me-} is an inflective affix.

Roots are used to refer to forms that cannot be analyzed further. For example, in the English
word untouchables the root is touch. The root touch first attaches the suffix {-able} to
touchable, then attaches the prefix {un-} to untouchable, and finally attaches the suffix {-s} to
untouchables.

Reference:

Djindan, N., Bawole, G., & Kalangi, L. (2015). Alomorf Bahasa Loinang: Suatu Analisis Morfologi
Generatif. Jurnal Linguistik, 25(3), 6.
https://ejournal.unsrat.ac.id/index.php/kaling/article/view/8426/8005