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ZBH Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Nominalisation

Would these be examples of nominalisations?
Genetic manipulation
Genetically engineered
Wildlife management

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ZBH nominalisation This is the process of making a noun out of some other part of speech. Can you identify the nouns you're talking about and say what other word those nouns came from? CJ

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  • ZBH nominalisation This is the process of making a noun out of some other part of speech.
  • Can you identify the nouns you're talking about and say what other word those nouns came from?
  • CJ
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ZBHnominalisation
This is the process of making a noun out of some other part of speech.

Can you identify the nouns you're talking about and say what other word those nouns came from?

CJ
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Can they not be from verbs like for example:
Genetic manipulation= manipulating genes
Genetically engineered= engineering genes
Wildlife management= managing wildlife
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ZBHCan they not be from verbs like for example:
Yes, nouns can be created from verbs. It's very common, and there are some patterns!
Verbs ending in -fy
magnify -> magnification
identify -> identification
These follow the same pattern:
classify
gratify
purify
notify
clarify
specify
unify
simplify
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ZBHGenetic manipulation= manipulating genes ... Wildlife management= managing wildlife
These two show nominals. "manipulation" comes from "manipulate"; "management" comes from "manage". Both sources of nominalization are verbs.
ZBHGenetically engineered
There is no nominal here. This is an adjective phrase, not a noun phr
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