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The Power of Nouns
ការប្រើប្រាស់នាមកម្រិតសិក្សាធិការ (Nominalization)
Academic writing prefers nouns over verbs. Transforming actions into concepts makes texts sound objective, formal, and authoritative.
ការសរសែរបែបសិក្សាធិការ (Academic) ចូលចិត្តប្រើ "នាម" ជាង "កិរិយាសព្ទ"។ ការបំប្លែងសកម្មភាពទៅជាគំនិត ធ្វើឲ្យសំណេរមើលទៅមានលក្ខណៈផ្លូវការ និងជាសត្យានុម័ត។
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Verb to Noun sync
បំប្លែងកិរិយាសព្ទ ទៅជានាម
Verb
investigate
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Noun
investigation
Verb
evaluate
⬇
Noun
evaluation
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Adjective to Noun auto_awesome
បំប្លែងគុណនាម ទៅជានាម
Adj
significant
⬇
Noun
significance
Adj
valid
⬇
Noun
validity
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ការផ្លាស់ប្តូរទម្រង់ប្រយោគ
Informal (Verb Focus)
"We investigated the problem thoroughly."
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Formal (Noun Focus)
"A thorough investigation of the problem was conducted."
(ផ្តោតលើ "ការស៊ើបអង្កេត" មិនមែនផ្តោតលើ "អ្នកស៊ើបអង្កេត" ទេ)
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Zombie Nouns!
Don't over-nominalize.
(ការប្រើប្រាស់នាមច្រើនពេក ធ្វើឲ្យប្រយោគពិបាកយល់ និងអផ្សុក។ គេហៅវាថា "Zombie Nouns"។)
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"The implementation of the evaluation of the application..."
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Use nominalization for the main concept, but keep strong verbs to drive the sentence forward.
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ការត្រួតពិនិត្យចំណេះដឹង
Word Transformation
What is the noun form of the verb investigate?
(តើនាមរបស់កិរិយាសព្ទ investigate គឺជាអ្វី?)
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Adjective to Noun
What is the noun form of the adjective valid?
(តើនាមរបស់គុណនាម valid គឺជាអ្វី?)
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TRICKY QUESTION!
What happens if you use too much nominalization in a sentence?
(តើមានអ្វីកើតឡើងបើអ្នកប្រើនាមច្រើនពេកក្នុងប្រយោគ?)
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Sentence Transformation
"Researchers discovered..." ➔
"The ___ of..."
(បំពេញចន្លោះដើម្បីបំប្លែងទៅជាទម្រង់ផ្លូវការ)
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Sopheak Pich
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1 hour ago
Excellent question, Narith. In academic writing, we want the focus to be on the *data* and the *facts*, not on the *person* doing the action. By removing "I" or "We" and using nominalization (e.g., "The findings indicate..."), your writing sounds much more objective and authoritative. account_balance
Teacher, why can't I just use "I think" or "We found" in my essay? It's much easier to write!