2. What is Nominalisation?
• Nominalisation is the formation of nouns from
adjectives, verbs and even other nouns.
3. The process involved in Nominalisation
• The process involved in nominalisation is
when a letter or a group of letters called
suffixes are added to the end of a word and
this automatically changes the status of the
word.
• Some examples of suffixes include –al, -ed, -er,
-ing, -or, -our, -tion, -sion and –ee.
4. What is an Affixation
• A group of letters added to words is referred
to generally as an affixation.
• The ones you add at the front of a word are
known as prefixes,
• While the ones added at the end of a word are
called suffixes.
6. • Another term for affixes (affixation) is bound
morphemes.
• Morphemes refers to words and ‘bound’
means they cannot stand alone.
7. Nominalisation of Adjectives
• This refers to the changing of adjectives into
nouns.
• Adjective is a word that works with a noun by
telling us more about the noun as in.
• The wicked old man was always avoided.
• D/A Adj Adj Noun
8. • Adjectives include words that denote size (big,
tiny), colour (red, black), origin (wooden,
Ghanaian), number (eight, twelve) and quality
(good, fine).
• Adjectives have comparative (-er) and
superlative (-est) forms too.
• There are also the irregular comparative and
superlative forms. These are adjectives that
take more and most, little and less.
9. Study how the suffixes in the box below have been used to changed
the adjectives listed into nouns. (-ness, -ity, -ce, -dom, -cy)
Adjective sentence Adjective suffix Noun (formed) Sentence
1. Intelligent Halimat is intelligent. -ce intelligence Our teacher praised
Halimat’s intelligence.
2. accurate The manager wanted
the figures to be
accurate.
-cy accuracy The manager wanted
accuracy in the figures.
3. bright We left when the day
was bright.
-ness brightness We left because of the
brightness of the day.
4. sober Yusuf was sober at the
meeting.
-iety sobriety Yusuf showed sobriety
at the meeting.
5. wise The way my father
handled the matter
showed that he was
wise.
-dom wisdom My father handled the
matter with wisdom.
