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Dictionary of language and linguistics 1014Referencesword formationroot compoundverbal vs root compoundroot determinativeIn historical word formation, a no longer transparent derivational element, such as -(th)er, with an originally serializing function: father, mother, brother or Lat. pater, frater.word formationReferencesroot-isolating languageisolating languageroot nounNoun that consists of only one free morpheme (=root) or of a base or stem (morpheme)without a recognizable derivational morpheme: box, fin, light.root transformationA term coined by J.E.Edmonds to describe transformations that apply to main sentences(main clauses, matrix sentences) rather than embedded sentences ( embedding). Nonroottransformations can operate at any level of embedding. Examples of root