NOMINALISATION
WHAT IS IT?
USE VERBS OR ADJECTIVES NOUNS OR PRASES
What are the two most common informational verbs and what is the difference between them?
Say and tell. They have a similar meaning, except that Tell usually has a listener and a speaker
Purposes of Nominalisation
Nominalisation is one of the language choices that enables movement towards highly written-like texts.
WHAT IS IT?
Direct speech is a sentence in which the exact words spoken are reproduced in speech marks
PURPOSES OF NOMINALISATION
NOMINALISATION HELP ACHIEVE A HIGHER DEGREE OF ABSTRACTION AND TECHNICALITY.
Besides the verb tense and manners, what also changes in indirect speech?
: possessive adjectives
This / those
that / these
Here / there
Now / Later
Achievement is a noun that comes from the verb?
Achieve
Identify the nominalisasion in the next phrase "are attentive, then, to the learning they will soon receive: because with them the success will be almost assured"
Learning
TRANSFORM
VERBS OR ADJECTIVES THINGS, CONCEPTS OR PEOPLE.
What makes the verb change in indirect speech?
: if the informative verb is in the past simple.
• present simple - past simple
• present progressive - past progressive
• past simple - past perfect
• present perfect - past perfect
WHICH ARE THE SUFFIXES THAT ARE ADDED TO THE VERBS SO THAT THEY BECOME NOUNS?
tion, ism, ness, ist, ity, ing.
Nominalized verbs often end in:
ion, ment, al, age, ing, ance, ant, dom.
PURPOSES OF NOMINALISATION
NOMINALISATION IS SIGNIFICANT IN CONSTRUCTING A DISTANT AND ABSTRACT WORLD THAT CAN BE REFLECTED ON.
What set of manners changes in indirect speech?
Can May Must Will
• Can - May
• may - might
• must - had to
• will - would
ACTION, TRANSITION, COMMUNICATION AND APPLICATION HAVE TERMINATION IN COMMON?
ion
Arrival is a noun that comes from the verb?
Arrive
HOW TO NOMINALISE?
IDENTIFY THE ACTIVE VERB IN THE CLAUSE.
CHANGE THE VERB INTO THE NOUN FORM.
What is the difference between direct and indirect speech?
Direct speech is a quoted speech. They are the exact words that are used in quotes. Indirect speech is indirect speech. Report what a speaker said without quotation marks.
WHY IS NOMINALISATION IMPORTANT?
Avoid repeating the same verb or another word again. Make your writing less personal as the focus will be on an action rather than who did it.
Are you hiding the real action and its most formal will be seine?
Nominalization