Conversion
Conversion is the process in which a
word of one grammatical form becomes a word of another grammatical form without
any changes to spelling or pronunciation. Conversion is also referred to as
zero derivation or null derivation with the assumption that the formal change
between words results in the addition of an invisible morpheme. However,
linguistics argue for a clear distinction between the word formation processes
of derivation and conversion. Here are some examples:
1.
Noun to verb conversion
access – to access
bottle – to bottle
can – to can
closet – to closet
email – to email
eye – to eye
fiddle – to fiddle
fool – to fool
Google – to google
host – to host
knife – to knife
microwave – to microwave
name – to name
pocket – to pocket
salt – to salt
shape – to shape
ship – to ship
spear – to spear
torch – to torch
verb – to verb
For example:
My
grandmother bottled (verb) the juice and canned (verb) the pickles.
My
grandmother put the juice in a bottle (noun) and the pickles in a can (noun).
She
microwaved (verb) her lunch.
She
heated her lunch in the microwave (noun).
The
doctor eyed (verb) my swollen eye (noun).
2.
Verb to noun conversion
to
alert – alert
to
attack – attack
to
call – call
to
clone – clone
to
command – command
to
cover – cover
to
cry – cry
to
experience – experience
to
fear – fear
to
feel – feel
to
hope – hope
to
increase – increase
to
judge – judge
to
laugh – laugh
to
rise – rise
to
run – run
to
sleep – sleep
to
start – start
to
turn – turn
to
visit – visit
For
example:
The
guard alerted (verb) the general to the attack (noun).
The
enemy attacked (verb) before an alert (noun) could be sounded.
Sometimes
one just needs a good cry (noun).
The
baby cried (verb) all night.
We
need to increase (verb) our productivity to see an increase (noun) in profits.
Other
Conversions
Conversion
also occurs, although less frequently, to and from other grammatical forms. For
examples:
adjective
to verb: green → to green (to make environmentally friendly)
preposition
to noun: up, down → the ups and downs of life
conjunction
to noun: if, and, but → no ifs, ands, or buts
interjection
to noun: ho ho ho → I love the ho ho hos of Christmastime.
Source:
what the relationship between conversion and antonomasia ? tq
BalasHapuswould you like to explain about zero derivation?
BalasHapuswhat the diffrent conversation and antonomasia ??
BalasHapuscould you explain the difference convention and antonomasia? and what examples of its use of the word in everyday life.
BalasHapuscute and interested blog. i can get the point but i still confuse in using of coversio, is it okay if we make the conversion in all verbs or nouns?
BalasHapus