Category 1
Who first used the term conversion?
Henry Sweet first used the term conversion.
In which book was the term conversion first introduced?
New English Grammar.
What is conversion in word formation?
Conversion is a way of forming a new word without adding any affix.
What is another name for conversion?
It is sometimes called an affixless way of word-building.
What usually changes in conversion?
The part of speech changes.
What does Smirnitsky say about conversion?
He says conversion is a morphological way of word formation.
In what year did the term conversion first appear?
It appeared in 1891.
Give an example of a noun converted into a verb related to technology.
Message → to message.
What two things change in conversion according to Marchand?
Paradigm and syntactic function.
Give a noun → verb example related to place.
To shelter (from shelter).
What happens to the syntactic role of a word after conversion?
It changes its function in the sentence.
What historical event helped the development of conversion in English?
The Scandinavian conquest.
What linguistic process happened in Middle English due to contact with Scandinavians?
The leveling of endings.
Give an example of time noun → verb conversion.
Summer → To summer
Bonus
+300
Fine
-400
Bonus
+400
Give an example of adjective → verb conversion. (except clean)
Calm → To calm
Fine
-400
Give an example of verb → noun conversion related to communication.
To call → a call