To nominalize an adjective that refers to a known noun, the articles el, la, los, and las are used (Unit 11 §59); to nominalize an adjective that does not refer to a known noun, the neuter article lo is used.
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Nominalize
/ˈnɑmənəlaɪz/
Synonyms for "nominalize" (30 found)
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Verb(6 words)
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Verb(9 words)
designation exclamationdirective interjectionexclamationform nounformallyinstructional exclamationlabeling exclamationnaming exclamationnominal determiner
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Verb(15 words)
nominal formingnominalizationnominalized formnominalizing determinernoun derivationnoun formnoun formationnoun formingnoun markernounifypronoun placeholderreferential pronounreifysubstantivizetheoretically
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19 entriesadverbexclamationgrammar termgrammatical categorygrammatical featuregrammatical operationgrammatical processinterjectionlexical itemlinguistic operationlinguistic practicelinguistic processlinguistic propertylinguistic unitmorphological processpart of speech
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33 entriesagent noun formationconverted noundefinite determinerdemonstrative determinerdemonstrative pronoundiscourse markergerund formationimperative interjectionindefinite determinerinterrogative pronounlabeling cuenaming cuenominal designationnominal labelnominal statusnominalizable phrase
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Collocations
41 entriesgrammar processlinguistic nominalizationnominal statusnominalizable formnominalizable phrasenominalization formnominalization guidelinesnominalization in grammarnominalization in linguisticsnominalization methodnominalization processnominalization rulesnominalize a clausenominalize a phrasenominalize a verb phrasenominalize clause
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But, Dretske asks, what happens when we nominalize a propositional allomorph?
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