Word Ways
Abstract
Because modern English has shed most of the flexional endings that distinguish grammatical functions, many of our words possess the lively ability to rail-jump from one part of speech to another without any basic change in form. This happy facility, variously called conversion or function shift, endows our vocabulary with vitality, power and a prolific source of new words.
Recommended Citation
Lederer, Richard
(2015)
"Convertible English,"
Word Ways: Vol. 48
:
Iss.
2
, Article 13.
Retrieved from:
https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol48/iss2/13
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