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Affixation
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Conversions
result in new nouns, adjectives and verbs, simply by giving
a word an additional job to do ( e.g. using a noun as a verb).
This is happening frequently today.
Examples
are:
| Noun
to verb: |
Target
also became 'to target'
Distance became 'to distance' (oneself from)
Side line as on a pitch became 'to sideline'
or to leave out |
| Adjective
to noun: |
Final
(match) converted to 'the final'
Mobile has meant moveable since the C15th,
but now as a noun means portable phone |
| Adjective
to verb: |
Empty
gave 'to empty' (and 'empties', a noun meaning empty
bottles etc.) |
| Verb
to noun: |
to
run gave 'a run' in cricket, the act of running
(going for a run) and a short trip out. |
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