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For questions about derivation, i.e., the process of forming new words from existing words.
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What is the term for this derivation: "Cheeseburger comes from Hamburger" but... the word ha...
There is some folk etymology involved: First, hamburger is given a folk etymology containing actually ham and then new words can be formed after the perceived model of hamburger.
The term rebracketing …
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difference between the root, lemma and stem for a derived word
For your English example drivers
The lemma is driver
The stem is also driver
The root is driv
The whole thing is better explained in a language with more inflections, where things become interesti …
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Can words be formed by deriving from just prefix(es) and suffix(es) with no actual root morp...
In Esperanto there are some words of this kind, e.g., malina "male" composed of mal- "negation, opposite of" and -ina "feminine"
More examples can be found in this answer: https://esperanto.stackexc …
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