§ Syntactic shifts relate to words taking on new grammatical forms:
o school used as a verb
o tone used as a verb
o rest used as a transitive verb
o sack (as in to fire someone) used as a noun
§ Modifications of the Noun Phrase:
o pure-gold jewels
o a ten cents piece
o thatchroof
o women groups
o children welfare
§ Non-count to count nouns:
o fruits
o ammunitions
o hardwares
o trouser
§ Reduplication:
o small small whisky
o long long one
These all come from Zuengler (1982).
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