the process of forming a noun or noun phrase from a word of another grammatical class
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Nominalization with のが、のを
I've just learned to nominalize verbs with のを but as I was looking for more info on the web I saw that this is also done with のが and こと. The question "What is the difference between the nominalizers ...
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Why are い-adjectives often used as nouns?
I can't really understand why sometimes い adjectives are transformed to nouns instead of just being used themselves.
I.E.
白い鳥 has 300,000 google hits while 白の鳥 has 4 million.
近い家 has 113,000 ...
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Does the nominalizer 〜の require the adnominal form before it? If yes, why?
A while back I was trying to break down 〜なの, and this is what I decided on (with the help of some of Bart Mathias's posts on mailing lists).
My hypothesis is that the nominalizer 〜の requires ...
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The difference between (な形容詞)さ and (な形容詞)性?
I'm in the middle of writing a paper in Japanese, and I can't quite figure out which is right. If I want to nominalize a な形容詞, should I affix さ or 性 at the end? I've been checking on search engines, ...
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Function of に in 怒るに怒れない
In the book I'm reading, I came across the following sentence:
あたしは[怒]{おこ}るに[怒]{おこ}れなくなった。 (furigana added by me)
My translation is something like "I couldn't stay angry [at him]". ("My anger ...
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Role of の in そんなの
Naruto found out that another character had been given a tempting offer and Naruto said:
そんなの答えはNOだってばよ
What is の doing here, grammatically? is it nominalization? I think I've heard stuff before ...
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Zero-nominalisation - Why and When?
Building on from Zhen Lin's answer to "The grammar of ~かれ~かれ",
Brief explanation of Zero-nominalisation:
Nominalisation refers to the process of turning a word, or more generally a phrase, into a ...
