Nominalisation

Nominalisation

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What is nominalisation?

Nominalisation is the process of changing verbs or adjectives to nouns

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Why use nominalisation?

• The nominalisation grammatical process develops complex grammar noun-phrase structures.
• Nominalisation helps achieve a higher degree of abstraction and technicality.
• Nominalisation is a typical feature of academic writing.

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Nominalisation: Example sentence

We analysed the data from the experiment, and it revealed that children react when they have too much sugar.

Identify the main verbs

We analysed the data from the experiment, and it revealed that children react when they have too much sugar.

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Identify the verbs that can be nominalised

We analysed (analysis) the data from the experiment, and it revealed that children react (reaction) when they have too much sugar.

Rewritten sentence

The analysis of the data revealed children's reaction to excessive sugar intake

*You might need to change other word forms, add articles and prepositions and change the grammar to make the nouns fit grammatically

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Verbs to Nouns What is the noun of these common academic verbs?

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Verbs to Nouns What is the noun of these common academic verbs?