Analyze and comment on the following.Comment on the following two sentences to illustrate the differences between conversion and affixation.A. They room right next to me.B. She tried to beautify her room with posters and plants.
Analyze and comment on the following.Comment on the following two sentences to illustrate the differences between conversion and affixation.A. They room right next to me.B. She tried to beautify her room with posters and plants.
【正确答案】:

BOTH ROOM AND BEAUTY ARE NOUNS, BUT ROOM IN SENTENCE A IS USED AS A VERB WITHOUT CHANGING THE FORM, WHILE BEAUTY CANNNOT BE USED AS A VERB WITHOUT ADDDING AN AFFIX AS IN SENTENCE B. SENTENCE A IS A CASE OF CONVERSION, OR ZERO-DERIVATION WHEREAS SENTENCES B IS ONE OF SUFFIXATION AS THE SUFFIX -IFY IS ADDED TO MAKE BEAUTY A VERB. 


【题目解析】:房间和美丽都是名词,但是句子A中的房间用作动词而不改变形式,而句子B中的美丽不能用作动词,故添加词缀。句子A是转换或零派生的情况,而句子B是后缀法,因为后缀-ify被添加以使“beauty”成为动词。
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