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The main purpose of this study is to classify conversion into two types: primary conversion and secondary conversion, and to deduct and classify the meaning patterns and grammatical functions from the conversion process and reveal the characteristics of the conversion of nouns, verbs, and adjectives. It also aims to show how conversion in English should be rightly interpreted in English sentences without any misunderstanding from the semantic aspect.
This paper is aimed at reviewing the blocking phenomena of conversion from the standpoint of phonological blocking, morphological blocking, and semantic blocking based on blocking and principles pre-emption suggested by Aronoff(1976) and Clark & Clark(1979). I have also revealed why those words used in conversion are blocked and pre-empted in the process of conversion.