In this work, the author undertakes an extensive and in-depth analysis of how adjectives can become verbs in English language, a process that is also known as denominalization or zero derivation. The morphological, syntactic, semantic and pragmatic features of this phenomenon are examined in detail by the author, who also proposes a comprehensive list of criteria to distinguish and classify the different types of adjective-to-verb conversions. The author claims that conversion is a creative and dynamic way of creating new words that enriches the vocabulary and the expressiveness of English.
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