Semantic analysis of verb – noun zero derivation in Princeton WordNet

Abstract This study offers insights into the similarities and differences between zero suffix overt English suffixes involved in verb-to-noun noun-to-verb derivation. It is based on morphosemantically related pairs of noun verb senses released as a Princeton WordNet standoff file, which are annotated with set fourteen semantic relations further enriched information about affix(es) used derivation process. We compare respect to their overall frequency dataset per relation. describe semantics terms relation base derived word senses, classes words affixal argue that highly underspecified, occurring all relations, even though it manifests some preferences both expressed attaches to.