In morphology, the process of creating a new word out of an old word, usually by adding a prefix or a suffix. Adjective: derivational.
Linguist Geert Booij notes that one criterion for distinguishing derivation and inflection "is that derivation may feed inflection, but not vice versa. Derivation applies to the stem-forms of words, without their inflectional endings, and creates new, more complex stems to which inflectional rules can be applied" example : love - lovable
In morphology, the process of creating a new word out of an old word, usually by adding a prefix or a suffix. Adjective: derivational.
Linguist Geert Booij notes that one criterion for distinguishing derivation and inflection "is that derivation may feed inflection, but not vice versa. Derivation applies to the stem-forms of words, without their inflectional endings, and creates new, more complex stems to which inflectional rules can be applied"example : love - lovable