Question

Which type of referring word means changing a verb or an adjective into a noun. It usually refers to a verb or an adjective in a previous sentence. Often, it is formed with an affix such as -ing, -y, or -ion.

Nominalization

Reference Pronoun

Synonym

Homonym

Answer 1

Nominalization is the use of a word which is not a noun (it might be a verb, an adverb or an adjective), but it is used as a noun in a sentence. It can be used with its morphological transformation (use of suffixes) or without it (base form).

Some examples with the morphological transformation are shown below:

Investigate - Investigation: the investigation was carried out by officers.

Fail - Failure: he avoided failure at all cost.

Move - Movement: she felt movements in her belly; it has her unborn son calling her attention.