🤦🏻♀️ [*Plaintive wookiee wail*]
November 13, 2024 at 7:44 AM
🤦🏻♀️ [*Plaintive wookiee wail*]
Though I also think it’s killing nominalisation the same way it killed the em-dash, right after I spent a term teaching kids how useful it was.
Or should I say: The death of nominalisation arrives as an earned result, and honestly it’s the most striking outcome of the process.
Or should I say: The death of nominalisation arrives as an earned result, and honestly it’s the most striking outcome of the process.
August 16, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Though I also think it’s killing nominalisation the same way it killed the em-dash, right after I spent a term teaching kids how useful it was.
Or should I say: The death of nominalisation arrives as an earned result, and honestly it’s the most striking outcome of the process.
Or should I say: The death of nominalisation arrives as an earned result, and honestly it’s the most striking outcome of the process.
the predomination of latinate "-ity" over germanic "-th" as english's foremost nominalisation strategy is an outgrowth of the rome-obsessed cult of power integral to the rise of fascism send tweet
March 8, 2025 at 12:16 PM
the predomination of latinate "-ity" over germanic "-th" as english's foremost nominalisation strategy is an outgrowth of the rome-obsessed cult of power integral to the rise of fascism send tweet
Well lookee who’s been using nominalisation to make his basic English sentences more advanced
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November 21, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Well lookee who’s been using nominalisation to make his basic English sentences more advanced
Epistemic nominalisation.
September 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Epistemic nominalisation.
Again with Conservative LGBT+ folks trying to rehabilitate Theresa May. May designed and laid the very foundations for and orchestrated the significant expansion and nominalisation of the hostile environment for those who need and are entitled, in international law, to our humanitarian protection.
April 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Again with Conservative LGBT+ folks trying to rehabilitate Theresa May. May designed and laid the very foundations for and orchestrated the significant expansion and nominalisation of the hostile environment for those who need and are entitled, in international law, to our humanitarian protection.
"...I want to propose that we treat the existence of AI itself as controversial. The point of doing so is not to deny the achievements and injuries of data-intensive algorithmic practices but rather to challenge the misplaced concreteness1 that the nominalisation ‘AI’ effects." - Lucy Suchman
I resent how AI has commandeered every research agenda, curricular program, funding initiative, policy agenda. Every grant program, fellowship theme, new funding initiative: AI + [Fill in the Blank]. AI and Society! AI and Public Health! AI and Pedagogy! AI and Rubber Chickens! I really don't care.
November 14, 2023 at 1:58 AM
"...I want to propose that we treat the existence of AI itself as controversial. The point of doing so is not to deny the achievements and injuries of data-intensive algorithmic practices but rather to challenge the misplaced concreteness1 that the nominalisation ‘AI’ effects." - Lucy Suchman
Hi #langsky and #studysky! I'll teach you an academic writing technique called "nominalisation", which turns verbs and adjectives into nouns (ex: "decide" -> "decision"). This is to form more abstract, formal, concise, and cohesive text. However, overuse can make writing unclear.
January 14, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Je ne sais pas comment régler la crise politique, mais je pense qu'on pourrait commencer par arrêter les tentatives de lyrismes dans le discours. C'est niais, ça ne marche pas, ça fait faux. J'ai déjà râlé, bien des fois, contre les "je sais" avec nominalisation de Macron ("Je sais votre colère...")
May 16, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Je ne sais pas comment régler la crise politique, mais je pense qu'on pourrait commencer par arrêter les tentatives de lyrismes dans le discours. C'est niais, ça ne marche pas, ça fait faux. J'ai déjà râlé, bien des fois, contre les "je sais" avec nominalisation de Macron ("Je sais votre colère...")
Rhetorical features like tricolon, antithesis, nominalisation, ...
February 13, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Rhetorical features like tricolon, antithesis, nominalisation, ...
Dass Erwachsene so einem Hochstapler freiwillig Geld hinterher werfen?! 🙈
"rassurer sur la fiabilité de Starship. Et le temps presse.
Elon Musk imagine toujours un premier lancement vers la planète Mars en 2026"
Vielleicht 2036 und dann hoffentlich oneway
francaisfacile.rfi.fr/fr/actualit%...
"rassurer sur la fiabilité de Starship. Et le temps presse.
Elon Musk imagine toujours un premier lancement vers la planète Mars en 2026"
Vielleicht 2036 und dann hoffentlich oneway
francaisfacile.rfi.fr/fr/actualit%...
Vol réussi de la mégafusée Starship
Vocabulaire : la fusée | Grammaire : la nominalisation |Compréhension orale à partir d'un extrait du Journal en français facile du 27 août 2025.
francaisfacile.rfi.fr
June 21, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Dass Erwachsene so einem Hochstapler freiwillig Geld hinterher werfen?! 🙈
"rassurer sur la fiabilité de Starship. Et le temps presse.
Elon Musk imagine toujours un premier lancement vers la planète Mars en 2026"
Vielleicht 2036 und dann hoffentlich oneway
francaisfacile.rfi.fr/fr/actualit%...
"rassurer sur la fiabilité de Starship. Et le temps presse.
Elon Musk imagine toujours un premier lancement vers la planète Mars en 2026"
Vielleicht 2036 und dann hoffentlich oneway
francaisfacile.rfi.fr/fr/actualit%...
2.) There's a nice trick called nominalisation. You turn a verb or an adjective into a noun.
For example, burning trees -> the burning of trees.
Another ex, long -> length.
Use it but don't overdo it. It makes language sound more premium and turning a 1st person tone into a 3rd person tone.
4/13
For example, burning trees -> the burning of trees.
Another ex, long -> length.
Use it but don't overdo it. It makes language sound more premium and turning a 1st person tone into a 3rd person tone.
4/13
April 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
2.) There's a nice trick called nominalisation. You turn a verb or an adjective into a noun.
For example, burning trees -> the burning of trees.
Another ex, long -> length.
Use it but don't overdo it. It makes language sound more premium and turning a 1st person tone into a 3rd person tone.
4/13
For example, burning trees -> the burning of trees.
Another ex, long -> length.
Use it but don't overdo it. It makes language sound more premium and turning a 1st person tone into a 3rd person tone.
4/13
Too much nominalisation and passive voice, among other things?
July 16, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Too much nominalisation and passive voice, among other things?
La nominalisation s’est produite en amont d’après « le Grand Robert » : « du corse “scomun”, ou de l’ital. “scomunica”, de “scomunicare” ».
October 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
La nominalisation s’est produite en amont d’après « le Grand Robert » : « du corse “scomun”, ou de l’ital. “scomunica”, de “scomunicare” ».
Try using a verb instead. One reason academic writing is so horrible is the insistent nominalisation of verbs. (Largely the fault of the Germans, but still.)
August 9, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Try using a verb instead. One reason academic writing is so horrible is the insistent nominalisation of verbs. (Largely the fault of the Germans, but still.)
That’s perspicuous if we know what the nominalisation could refer to. I’m not sure I do. (I’m also very uncertain as to whether anything really turns on it.)
September 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
That’s perspicuous if we know what the nominalisation could refer to. I’m not sure I do. (I’m also very uncertain as to whether anything really turns on it.)
So I’d taken it that the point of the nominalisation was to make reference to something so that an identity claim would be intelligible. But maybe that’s optimistic.
September 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
So I’d taken it that the point of the nominalisation was to make reference to something so that an identity claim would be intelligible. But maybe that’s optimistic.
Indeed. It's also a method to build the breadth of your Kanji/vocabulary base without having to obsess over flashcards or lists. Much like how we learn nominalisation and compound words in English through exposure.
July 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Indeed. It's also a method to build the breadth of your Kanji/vocabulary base without having to obsess over flashcards or lists. Much like how we learn nominalisation and compound words in English through exposure.
Teaching a class under the new regime on nominalisation — how to turn a verb into a noun, a noun into a verb, etc. How the fuckety do you talk about grammar when the sky is burning?
January 24, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Teaching a class under the new regime on nominalisation — how to turn a verb into a noun, a noun into a verb, etc. How the fuckety do you talk about grammar when the sky is burning?
French class assignment
"Here's some rules on the nominalisation of verbs. Now try yourself with these 8 questions"
2 of the 8 followed the rules they just explained 🤣 The rest were exceptions not covered in the instructions
"Here's some rules on the nominalisation of verbs. Now try yourself with these 8 questions"
2 of the 8 followed the rules they just explained 🤣 The rest were exceptions not covered in the instructions
January 21, 2025 at 8:51 AM
French class assignment
"Here's some rules on the nominalisation of verbs. Now try yourself with these 8 questions"
2 of the 8 followed the rules they just explained 🤣 The rest were exceptions not covered in the instructions
"Here's some rules on the nominalisation of verbs. Now try yourself with these 8 questions"
2 of the 8 followed the rules they just explained 🤣 The rest were exceptions not covered in the instructions
Surprised I had to look it up, since I think I’m decent-ish with French. Instinctively it feels like a nominalisation of ‘voir’. I think not, but still kind of fits 🤷♀️
August 18, 2024 at 5:30 AM
Surprised I had to look it up, since I think I’m decent-ish with French. Instinctively it feels like a nominalisation of ‘voir’. I think not, but still kind of fits 🤷♀️
And for any nominalisation of an atomic sentence, are we guaranteed to have a trope for it to refer to? How constrained is a trope-ontology? Is there an upshot of identifying individuals with essentialist tropes? I'm still unsure how substantive the original claims are.
March 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
And for any nominalisation of an atomic sentence, are we guaranteed to have a trope for it to refer to? How constrained is a trope-ontology? Is there an upshot of identifying individuals with essentialist tropes? I'm still unsure how substantive the original claims are.
[4]
« Travailler au noir » n’est attesté qu’au milieu du vingtième siècle (une occurrence en 1946). Ce « noir »-là est la nominalisation de l’adjectif du syntagme « travail noir » qui émerge dans les années trente (autres significations avant). On est donc des siècles après la fin du Moyen Âge.
« Travailler au noir » n’est attesté qu’au milieu du vingtième siècle (une occurrence en 1946). Ce « noir »-là est la nominalisation de l’adjectif du syntagme « travail noir » qui émerge dans les années trente (autres significations avant). On est donc des siècles après la fin du Moyen Âge.
October 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
[4]
« Travailler au noir » n’est attesté qu’au milieu du vingtième siècle (une occurrence en 1946). Ce « noir »-là est la nominalisation de l’adjectif du syntagme « travail noir » qui émerge dans les années trente (autres significations avant). On est donc des siècles après la fin du Moyen Âge.
« Travailler au noir » n’est attesté qu’au milieu du vingtième siècle (une occurrence en 1946). Ce « noir »-là est la nominalisation de l’adjectif du syntagme « travail noir » qui émerge dans les années trente (autres significations avant). On est donc des siècles après la fin du Moyen Âge.
Que produit un métier à tisser, sinon un tissu ? Nominalisation d’un ancien participe passé, du verbe tistre.
« La plus part des arts les bestes nous les ont apprinses, comme l’araignée à tistre et à coudre, l’arondelle à bastir. » (Montaigne)
« La plus part des arts les bestes nous les ont apprinses, comme l’araignée à tistre et à coudre, l’arondelle à bastir. » (Montaigne)
November 8, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Que produit un métier à tisser, sinon un tissu ? Nominalisation d’un ancien participe passé, du verbe tistre.
« La plus part des arts les bestes nous les ont apprinses, comme l’araignée à tistre et à coudre, l’arondelle à bastir. » (Montaigne)
« La plus part des arts les bestes nous les ont apprinses, comme l’araignée à tistre et à coudre, l’arondelle à bastir. » (Montaigne)