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A Comparative Study of the Nominalization of English and Chinese Adjectives

Wu Nian Yang

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Observing the developement of contemporary English words,we notice that there is a tendency of the nominalization of adjectives.The phenomenon of the nominalization of adjectives exists in both English and Chinese,however,there are similarities and differences in its formation,syntactic function and rhetorical characteristics. A comparative study of the nominalization of English and Chinese adjectives is beneficial not only to the teaching of foreign languages and translation, but also to our language communication.

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Observing the developement of contemporary English words,we notice that there is a tendency of the nominalization of adjectives.The phenomenon of the nominalization of adjectives exists in both English and Chinese,however,there are similarities and differences in its formation,syntactic function and rhetorical characteristics. A comparative study of the nominalization of English and Chinese adjectives is beneficial not only to the teaching of foreign languages and translation, but also to our language communication.

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Observing the developement of contemporary English words,we notice that there is a tendency of the nominalization of adjectives.The phenomenon of the nominalization of adjectives exists in both English and Chinese,however,there are similarities and differences in its formation,syntactic function and rhetorical characteristics. A comparative study of the nominalization of English and Chinese adjectives is beneficial not only to the teaching of foreign languages and translation, but also to our language communication.

Key concepts: Nominalization, Linguistics, Notice, Phenomenon, Object (grammar), Rhetorical question, Philosophy, Noun

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