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1、conversionByOrangeEricaHeatherDefinitionConversionfunctionalshift.Alsozeroderivation.Theuseofawordthatisnormallyonepartofspeechorwordclassasanotherpartofspeech,withoutanychangeinform.ConversionhasforcenturiesbeenacommonmeansofextendingtheresourcesofEnglishandcrea
2、tingdramaticeffects.Conversionmostoftenresultsinnouns,followedbyverbsandadjectivesPage54AsurveyofEnglishLexicologyDefinitionAlongsidetheterm“conversion”onefinds“functionalshift”,“functionalchange”.Conversionisaspecialcaseoftranspositionwhichinitstermisidentifieda
3、s“theuseofawordinanotherthanitsnormalfunction”ConversionisafunctionalphenomenonaffectingonlythecontentsideofthelinguisticsignProblemsThefirstconcernsthequestionofhowwidespreadconversionismostdiscussionsofconversionfocusonitsuseinEnglish.Thesecondproblemoftendiscu
4、ssedinrelationtoconversion,ishowtodecideapairofwordslinksbyconversion,whichisthebasicwordandwhichisderivedone.Thethirdproblemistheproblemoftheinterpretationoflexemesformedbyconversion.ExplanationShifts(alsocalledzeroderivations)aretypicalofEnglishandhavebeenmadep
5、ossiblethroughthelossofendingsearlyinthemiddleEnglishperiod.Multipleclassmembership:quiteafewwordformscomeintouseinmorethanonewordclass.Completeconversion:theyparticipateinthefullinflectionalpotentialofthenewwordclass.NountoVerba)Thennounisobjectinaparaphrasesent
6、encea1)intransitiveverbsmeaning“tohunt,catch,pick,collect”a2)intransitiveverbsmeaning“toproduce,make,givebirthto,theentitydenotedbythenoun”a3)intransitiveverbsmeaning“toperformtheactionimpliedinthenoun”a4)intransitiveverbsmeaning“toplaytheinstrumentdenotedbytheno
7、un(ortomakeanoiseasifplayingit)”a5)verbsmeaning“tofeel,experience,suffer,whatthenoundenotes”a6)transitiveverbsmeaning“tocopy,”“toproducearepresentationorsimulacrumofsomeoneorsomething”NountoVerbb)Thenounistheobjectcomplementinparaphrasesentencec)Thenounisthesubje
8、ctcomplementinaparaphrasesentencec1)transitiveverbsmeaning“totakeontheroledenotedbethenoun”c2)verbsmeaning“tobehaveinthemannerof,toactas,toresemble,theperson,a
