A change in the function of a word, when a noun is used or a verb is used as a noun, it is called:

A. Compounding
B. Clipping
C. Hypocorism
D. Conversion

D. Conversion

Linguistics mcqs

LINGUISTICS
1. Intro to Language 2. Intro to Linguistics
3. Phonetics 4. Phonology
5. Morphology 6. Syntax
7. Semantics 8. Pragmatics
9. Stylistics 10. Applied Linguistics
11. Socio-Linguistics 12. Psycho-Linguistics
13. Discourse Analysis 14. Corpus

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