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F. Plank (frans.plank@uni-konstanz.de), The Direction of Derivation 1 Nov 07
is derived from the V dump. The semantic relationship between the two
N–V pairs is in fact parallel: N ‘a place (receptacle) where something
undesirable (rubbish) is gotten rid of’ – V ‘to get rid of something
undesirable by putting it in an appropriate place’. When the V is
derived, it is more specific in limiting the place of disposal, which must
literally be what the basic N designates, a bin (*They binned their litter in
a pond); when the V is basic, there is no such limitation through the
corresponding derived N (They dumped their rubbish in a pond).
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(well, there are backformations: television – televise)
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