A Dictionary of Phonetics and Phonology
n. (also functional shift, zero-derivation) The process in which a lexical item is moved from one part of speech to another, with no overt morphological modifications, as when the nouns access, network and napalm are turned into verbs, the adjectives goofproof and brown are turned into verbs, and the verbs wash and delay are turned into nouns.
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