Conversion, one of the principal ways offorming words in Modern English is high¬ly productive in replenishing the English word-stock with new words, ‘cause English is analytical language & there are lots of monosyllabic words. Conversion – affixless way of word-building, affixless derivation; process which consisits in forming a new word from existing one by changing its category of speech, whereas the morphemic/phonemic form remains the same.
This question is contraversion. ‘cause some linguists say that it’s not a way of word-formation, but change of word-function.
Semantic classification:
1. N-tool, V- its function: nail
2. N-animal, V-some characteristic of it: fox, dog, rat
3. N-part of body, V- the action performed
4. N-profession, V- activity: cook
5. N-place, V-process of its occupation: room
6. N-container, V-putting smth in it: bottle
7. N-meal, V-taking meal