词汇学_lexic4补充ConversionWord Formation Conversion (转化法) Affix traps: the meaning of the following words? Roller, chopper (人,工具)使滚转的人,滚筒;砍伐者,碎边机; Diner 用餐者;餐车(dining car) Typewriter 打字机 Cooker 炊事用具,烹饪用的水果 Actioner 动作影片 Pointer 猎狗;指示器 electronic pointer 电子指示装置 Bouncer 戏院保镖;跳跃者,爱吹牛的人 Thriller 惊险小说 Let’s do exercise! The meaning of the following words? Hemisphere Semicircle Dichotomy Bimonthly September decimal Foreknowledge Counter-revolution Hypersensitive Outweigh Defrost Asymmetry Some confusing suffixes Economy, comedy, politics, woman, child The car is ______ to run. a ______ old hat The ________ man tried not to offend people. These women have excelled, he said to his father, but they seem to be lacking in the_______ qualities.
Do not waste your time and as well as your talent doing _______ stuff How is a verb formed? What is conversion? Can you can a can as a canner cans a can? FATHER ______ FOR MURDER OF DAUGHTER JAILED to plan a table, or to table a plan; to book a place, or to place a book. Conversion vs. derivation Conversion is a word-formation process whereby a word of a certain word-class is shifted into a word of another word-class without the addition of an affix. Also called "functional shift" or “derivation by zero suffix." ., mushroom – n. a fast-growing fungus (菌类) of which some kinds can be eaten. v. to gather mushrooms; now to spread or grow rapidly. Conversion (P. 67) Noun to Verb conversion Verb to Noun conversion Adjective to Verb conversion Adjective to Noun conversion Other types Conversion is a result of the almost entire loss of inflection in Modern English conversion is extremely productive. The percentage of converted words in the vocabulary of contemporary English is about %. Conversion may result in different pronunciation or stress. For example? () :
