zero derive
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
A back-formation from zero derivation, as if zero + derive.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌzɪəɹəʊ dəˈɹaɪv/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌziɹəʊ dəˈɹaɪv/
Verb
zero derive (third-person singular simple present zero derives, present participle zero deriving, simple past and past participle zero derived)
- (linguistics) To derive a word from another word (of a differing part of speech) without modification; to perform zero derivation.
- 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[2], →ISBN, page 144:
- […] 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.