Word Formation in English 英语语言学ppt技术方案.pptVIP

Word Formation in English ;Conversion Conversion is a main type of word-formation assigning the base to a different word class with no change of form. For example, the verb release is converted to the noun release. ;In the English language conversion is unusually prominent as a word-formation process. ;There are two kinds of conversion: full conversion and partial conversion. Full conversion is conversion of an adjective into a noun which has all features of a noun. ;Partial conversion is conversion, where a word of one word class appears in a function which is characteristic of another word class. ;b) to denote an event or activity: attempt v: to try, to make a start at doing something n. effort to do something. Fall: v. To come or go down freely n. act of falling ;Release: v. To allow to go, to set free. n. releasing or being released. Search: v. To examine, to look carefully at. n. act of searching ;swim: v. To move the body through water by using arms, legs, fins, the tail, etc. n. act or period of swimming The deverbal nouns of this kind are used dynamically. ;c) as object of the given verb: Catch: ;d) as subject of the given verb: bore: He became a bore( one that causes boredom) at last. cheat: A cheat is a person who cheats. ;e) as instrument of the given verb: cover: put the cover ( something with which to cover things) on the kettle and the water will boil. ;Wrench: where is your wrench (spanner)? ;f) as manner of the given verb: walk: I can know him at once by his walk ( manner of walking). ;lie: the lie ( the way or position in which something lies) of the land. ;g) as place of the given verb: divide: a period marking the divide. (something that divides, especially watershed between two eras of American history.) ;rise: He sat at