zero derive
verbUK /ˌzɪəɹəʊ dəˈɹaɪv/ · US /ˌziɹəʊ dəˈɹaɪv/
Etymology A back-formation from zero derivation, as if zero + derive.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences To derive a word from another word (of a differing part of speech) without modification; to perform zero derivation.
- Table 2. Thirty adjective lexemes which zero-derive into verbs.1986, Terence Odlin, “Markedness and the zero-derived denominal verb in English: synchronic, diachronic, and acquisition correlates”, in Fred Eckman, Edith A. Moravcsik, Jessica Wirth, editors, Markedness, →ISBN, page 160:
- […]assuming the presence of lexical classes in Kharia would force us to productively zero-derive verbs not from nouns but rather from entire NPs, i.e. not in the lexicon but in the syntax.2013 August 29, John Peterson, “Parts of speech in Kharia: a formal account”, in Jan Rijkhoff, Eva van Lier, editors, Flexible Word Classes: Typological studies of underspecified parts of speech, →ISBN, page 144:
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- Some adjectives zero derive from adverbs, e.g. daily, down, faraway, far out, monthly, up, way out, well off (note that many derive from a pair of adverbs).2014 February 3, Keith Allan, Linguistic Meaning (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics), →ISBN, Lexicon semantics, page 220: