--- a/software/eXist/mpdl-modules/src/de/mpg/mpiwg/berlin/mpdl/lt/analyzer/MpdlStemmer.java	Tue Feb 22 16:03:45 2011 +0100
+++ b/software/eXist/mpdl-modules/src/de/mpg/mpiwg/berlin/mpdl/lt/analyzer/MpdlStemmer.java	Fri Mar 11 13:33:26 2011 +0100
@@ -48,8 +48,10 @@
         }
       }
     }
-    // if not found in MorphologyCache use Snowball
+    // if not found then use the term itself as the stem
     if (stem == null) {
+      stem = term;
+      /*  Snowball stemming: if not found in MorphologyCache use Snowball
       stem = stemBySnowball(term, language); 
       // if term is not equal to the base form and also the stem is not too short (> 2 characters) then add this Snowball form to the dynamic morphology cache
       if ((! stem.equals(term)) && stem.length() > 2) {
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@
           Logger.getLogger(MpdlStemmer.class).warn("MorphologyCache: an exception was caught while indexing a document: " + e.getMessage(), e);
         }
       }
+      */
     }
     return stem;
   }