Lynx (was Re: Uralic and IE)

[Patrick C. Ryan]

Dear Rich and IEists:

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Patrick C. Ryan <proto-language at email.msn.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 10, 1999 1:59 PM

[ moderator snip ]

> I think you might want to review what a 'stem' is. In the case of Greek
> lu'gx, lunk- is the *root*, which serves as a base *without* additional
> formatives (which would produce a stem),  to which -s is added.

> [ Moderator's comment:
>   I think you might want to review what a stem is:  The stem is whatever is
>   left after the grammatical ending is removed.  This may be a root form, or
>   an extended root (which *in some traditions* is called a stem).  I would
>   reserve the term "root" for the CVC items described best by Benveniste in
>   _Origines_.
>   --rma ]

Well, I understand your position. I was relying on Trask's definition on
page 259 of his _ A Dictionary of Grammatical Terms in Linguitsics_:

"stem. . . In morphology, a bound form of a lexical item which typically
consists of a root to which one or more morphological formatives have been
added and which serves as the immediate base for the formation of some
further form or set of forms."

 Pat
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