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Stems are the structures that [[Affix (definition)|affixes]] attach to. Not to be confused with [[Root (definition)|roots]], stems can be internal complex.  For example, given the word “'''sing'''-ers'' the verb sing is the root, and –er is the derivational affix, which changes the word into a noun. The complex structure ''singer'' is the stem for the plural affix ''-s''. 

==See Also==
*[[Affix (definition)]]
*[[Root (definition)]]

==External Links==
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_(linguistics)
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_stem

==References==
*Crystal, D. (2008) ''Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics''. 6th Edition. Wiley-Blackwell.
*Matthews, P. H. (1997) ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics.'' Oxford: Oxford University Press. 

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