Meaning of zero derive | Babel Free

Definitions

To derive a word from another word (of a differing part of speech) without modification; to perform zero derivation.

Examples

“Table 2. Thirty adjective lexemes which zero-derive into verbs.”

“[…]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.”

“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).”

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