Corpora: PolyPoSy?? (fwd)

[Short, Mick]

Thge stylisticiuans usually call this phenomenon 'functional conversion' (as
the change from the base word class to some other is marked solely functionally
rather than by morphological change as well - see Geoff Leech (1969), 'A
Linguistic Guide to English Poetry', for example.

Mick Short

-----Original Message-----
From: Denis Jamet [mailto:denis.jamet at libertysurf.fr]
Sent: 09 February 2002 09:05
To: Eric Atwell; corpora at hd.uib.no
Cc: W Whyte; E S Atwell
Subject: Re: Corpora: PolyPoSy?? (fwd)


In French, we use the term "conversion" (cf. Tournier 1985), i.e. the verb
is converted into a noun, or the noun into a verb... It is also refered to
as "zero derivation", as no suffix -- or rather as a zero suffix -- is added
to the root.

Hope it'll help...

Denis Jamet


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Atwell" <eric at comp.leeds.ac.uk>
To: <corpora at hd.uib.no>
Cc: "W Whyte" <billw at comp.leeds.ac.uk>; "E S Atwell" <eric at comp.leeds.ac.uk>
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 12:21 AM
Subject: Corpora: PolyPoSy?? (fwd)


> A fellow researcher at Leeds University asked me this question, but I
> don't know the answer; can anyone else help????
> Eric Atwell
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Bill Whyte <billw at comp.leeds.ac.uk>
>
> Hi,
>
> I should know this, but don't. So, help please!
>
> I've been trying to find the right word for two weeks - no, not
'fortnight'
> (joke) - for the term that describes two or more instances of the same
word
> but with different part of speech. e.g. the STAKES are high for he that
> STAKES his claim. I'm using 'polyPoSy' but aware that it's a made-up word.
>
> Bill
>
>
>