In English grammar, nominalization is a type of word formation in which a verb or an adjective (or other part of speech) is used as (or transformed into) a noun. Verb: nominalize. Also called nouning.
In transformational grammar, nominalization refers to the derivation of a noun phrase from an underlying clause. In this sense, an "example of nominalization is the the destruction of the city, where the noun destruction corresponds to the main verb of a clause and the city to its object" (Geoffrey Leech, A Glossary of English Grammar, 2006, as cited by by Richard Nordquist, 2017).
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References:
Gillet, A. (2009) Features of academic writing. Retrieved from
http://www.uefap.com/writing/feature/complex_nom.htm [19th September, 2017]
Nordquist, R. (2017) Nominalization in Grammar. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/nominalization-in-grammar-1691430 [19th September, 2017]
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