Nominalization 是把一个以动词、 形容词或副词作为名词或名词短语的开头的语言转型方法.
有些语言只允许把动词用作名词,而其他语言需要某种形式的转型.
英语用几种不同方法.
下面举几个例子：
1.形容词转型
applicability (from applicable)
carelessness (from careless)
difficulty (from difficult)
2.动词转型
failure (from fail)
nominalization (from nominalize)
investigation (from investigate)
movement (from move)
reaction (from react)
refusal (from refuse)
3.+ ing
swimming (from swim)
running (from run)
editing (from edit)