CERT_ADV Epistemic certainty adverbs
Definition
Adverbs expressing epistemic certainty (clearly, obviously, undoubtedly, etc.)
Detection Rules
bohmann_2019
Word list (10 items)
certainly
clearly
definitely
indeed
obviously
plainly
surely
undeniably
undoubtedly
unquestionably
Normalization
Per words
Sources
- bohmann_2019 — Bohmann, Axel (2019) : Variation in English Worldwide: Varieties and Genres in a Quantitative Perspective
- quirk_1985 — Quirk, Randolph; Greenbaum, Sidney; Leech, Geoffrey; Svartvik, Jan (1985) : A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language