adjectivization
Creating modifier from noun
Adjectivization is the process of turning a word into an adjective.
A noun like *hero* becomes *heroic*; a verb like *talk* becomes *talkative*.
The process typically involves adding suffixes (-ful, -less, -ish, -able) or otherwise adapting words to modify nouns: The adjectivization of "child" gives us "childish" and "childlike".
Converting words to nouns
- verbificationConverting words to verbs
- derivationSource or origin tracing
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- suffixationAdding endings to words
word-formation · conversion · affix · morpheme · inflection · syntax · modifier · descriptor
Act of changing states
- transformationThorough change in form
- derivationSource or origin tracing
- -ishApproximation indicator
- -likeSuffix denoting resemblance
-ful · -able · stem · modification · adaptation · recategorization · zero-derivation
nominalization
Converting words to nouns
- verbificationConverting words to verbs
- derivationSource or origin tracing
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
suffixation · word-formation · conversion · affix · morpheme · inflection · syntax · modifier · descriptor · attributive
conversion
Act of changing states
- transformationThorough change in form
- derivationSource or origin tracing
- -ishApproximation indicator
-like · -ful · -able · stem · modification · adaptation · recategorization · zero-derivation
presidential
Of the highest office
hopeful · beautiful · readable · creative · golden · musical · poetic · governmental · organizational · professional
- etymologyword origins, word history, word origin, etymon, root words
- word formationaffixes, affixation, roots, infix, morphemes