zero-derivation
Word class transfer
Zero-derivation is the process of converting a word from one part of speech to another without changing its form—using a noun as a verb, for instance, or a verb as a noun.
When someone says I'll email you or That was a good run, they're using words that shifted grammatical function without any suffix or prefix.
Also called conversion.
Act of changing states
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- recategorizationAssigning new classification
- word-formationCreating new vocabulary items
- part-of-speechGrammatical category of words
transposition · lexeme · morpheme · headword · lemma · paradigm
Converting to action words
- unmarkedHaving no visible identification
- coinageInvented term or currency
- neologismNewly created expression
- backformationWord formed by subtraction
productivity · analogy · innovation · coercion · reanalysis · spontaneous · polysemy · homophony
conversion
Act of changing states
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- recategorizationAssigning new classification
- word-formationCreating new vocabulary items
part-of-speech · transposition · lexeme · morpheme · headword · lemma · paradigm
verbing
Converting to action words
- unmarkedHaving no visible identification
- coinageInvented term or currency
- neologismNewly created expression
backformation · productivity · analogy · innovation · coercion · reanalysis · spontaneous · polysemy · homophony · flexibility
Digital written communication
impact · access · debut · medal · microwave · bookmark · butter · divorce · silence · position
zero-derivationaffixation
Binding morphemes to stems
suffixation · prefixation · agglutination · inflection · ablaut
zero, derive, subzero, zeroes, derivation, nonzero, derivational