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1. THE CONCEPT OF NOMINALIZATION<br />

lexicogrammatical properties (such as the inclusion of, for instance, of and ‘s) can be<br />

ignored.” Nominalizations, in her view, should be regarded as “constructions in their own<br />

right: they are reclassifications of non-nominal into nominal units or units which have<br />

adopted nominal functions both in their external and in their internal functioning.” This<br />

reclassification may take place at two different levels or ranks, namely, the word and the<br />

clause (Heyvaert 2003: 48). Thus, a verb can be reclassified into a noun, as in (21a) and<br />

(21b). In this case, both units remain in the same rank. Alternatively, a clause can be<br />

reclassified into a nominal, thus being “downranked”, as in (21c):<br />

(21) a. teacher < teach<br />

b. Sam’s washing [

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