nominalizationan
Nominalizationan is a coined term used to describe a specific nominalization pattern in theoretical linguistics. It refers to the formation of nouns from verbs by attaching a nominalizing suffix, typically -an, to the verb stem. The concept is used as a typological placeholder to compare how different languages derive deverbal nouns and how these nouns function within noun phrases.
In nominalizationan systems, the deverbal nouns produced by the suffix -an generally act as head nouns within
Nominalizationan can yield multiple readings from a single verb stem: an event or action reading (the act
To read becomes readan, meaning the act of reading; to build becomes buildan, meaning the act of
Nominalizationan is a theoretical or constructed-term used to discuss nominalization strategies in cross-linguistic and conlang contexts.
See also: Nominalization, Deverbal noun, Derivation (linguistics).