Different from noun-verb conversion,de-nominalized verbs are only found in provisional usage in modern Chinese.Such usage is possible to the extent that both the noun and the verb are involved in the event in question as a participant and the process respectively.This is realized through such grammatical means as positioning and aspect marking.Compared to those in other registers,de-nominalized verbs in modern Chinese poetry have three characteristics:(1)they are the results of the poet’s deliberate avoidance of existing verbs;(2)the poet’s u...
