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Otto Jespersen (1938) called zero-derivation a ‘characteristic peculiarity’ of English. The basis for his remark seems to he that English makes more extensive use of zero-derivation patterns than do other European languages.
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Odlin, T. (1986). Markedness and the Zero-Derived Denominal Verb in English: Synchronic, Diachronic, and Acquisition Correlates. In: Eckman, F.R., Moravcsik, E.A., Wirth, J.R. (eds) Markedness. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5718-7_9
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