Nominalization is the process by which either a noun or syntactic unit functioning as a noun phrase is derived from any other kind of unit.

• 名物化又叫名词化,是指小句的任何一个成分转换为具有名词或名词词组句法功能的语言单位过程。名物化结构在科技语篇、法律文件、新闻报道、学术语篇等正式文体中被大量使用。