examples Of Antonomasia
Antonomasia Examples
- You must pray to heaven's guardian for relief.
- Excuse me Tarzan, could you please come down from that tree.
- "When I eventually met Mr. Right I had no idea that his first name was Always." - by Rita Rudner
- The answer for this question can be given only by Mr. Know-it-all.
- "Jerry: The guy who runs the place is a little temperamental,
especially about the ordering procedure. He's secretly referred to as
the Soup Nazi.
Elaine: Why? What happens if you don't order right?
Jerry: He yells and you don't get your soup." - by Seinfeld
- He proved a Judas to the cause.
- Easy, you coward!
MORPHOLOGY CONVERSION
Conversion
w Conversion:
this
process is also known as zero-derivation. This process changes the part
of speech and meaning of an existing root without producing any change in
pronunciation or spelling and without adding any affix.
w Process where by an item is adopted or converted to a
new word class without the addition of an affix.
Conversion to noun:
de- verbal: 'state' love, want,
desire
'event/activity'
laugh, fall, search
'object
of V' answer,
find
De-adjectival: there is no very productive pattern of
adjective-noun conversion. Examples:
I'd
like two pints of bitter [=type of beer].
They're
running in the final [=final race].
Conversion to verb:
De- nominal:
'to put in/on N' bottle, garage
'to
give N', 'to provide with N' coat, mask, oil, plaster
'to
send/go by N' mail,
telegraph, bicycle, boat
De-adjectival: (transitive
verbs) 'to make adj'
or 'to make more adj' calm, dry,
dirty
(intransitive
verbs) 'to become adj' empty, narrow, yellow
Conversion to adjective:
De- nominal: a brick garage ~ the garage is brick
reproduction
furniture ~ this furniture is reproduction
Types of Conversion
w From Verb to Noun
to attack à attack
to hope à hope
to cover à cover
w From Noun to Verb
comb à to comb
sand à to sand
party à to party
w From Name to Verb
Harpo à to
Harpo
Houdini à to
Houdini
w From Adjective to Verb
dirty à to
dirty
slow à to
slow
w From Preposition to Verb
out à to out
In some cases, conversion is
accompanied by a change in the stress pattern known as stress shift.
transpórt (V) à
tránsport (N)
rewríte (V) à
réwrite (N)
condúct (V) à
cónduct (N)
subjéct (V) à
súbject (N)
Examples
I need someone to
come to the blackboard.
Is there a volunteer?
Someone has to volunteer.
Otherwise, I will volunteer someone.