Lecture III. Working Definitions of Principal Concepts
Conversion is a highly productive way of coining new words in Modern
English. Conversion is sometimes referred to as an affixless way of word-building, a
process of making a new word from some existing root word by changing the
category of a part of speech without changing the morphemic shape of the original
root-word. The transposition of a word from one part of speech into another brings
about changes of the paradigm.
Conversion is not only highly productive but also a particularly English way of
word-building. It is explained by the analytical structure of Modern English and by
the simplicity of paradigms of English parts of speech. A great number of one-
syllable words is another factor that facilitates conversion.
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