REVIEW ON STEMMING TECHNIQUES

Abstract

Stemming is a method of deriving root word from the inflected word. The stemming process is often called conflation and is done by stemmers or stemming algorithms. The stemming algorithm is the process that reduces all the words of the same basis in a common form. The algorithm is basic building block for the stemmer. The development of stemmer is based on language and requires specific language knowledge and spell checking for that language. This paper, presents an overview of different stemming techniques and algorithms which have been used by the researchers for stemming in different languages.