CUZ YAML source
code: CUZ
biber_number: H35
xiao_number: G79
mfte_code: CUZ
bohmann_number: 72
name: Causal conjunctions
definition: >-
Conjunctions expressing cause/reason: because, therefore, hence, thus, consequently,
etc.
normalization: finite_verbs
detection:
- requires:
- word
- pos
cql: '[word={words} & pos="IN|RB"]'
words:
- because
- consequently
- cos
- coz
- cus
- cuz
- hence
- therefore
- thus
refines: IN|RB
description: Default causal conjunctions rule (based on MFTE). Refines IN and RB.
- source: mfte
requires:
- word
- pos
cql: '[word={words} & pos="IN|RB"]'
words:
- because
- consequently
- cos
- coz
- cus
- cuz
- hence
- therefore
- thus
description: >-
MFTE also has "thanks to" (multi-word) and "so...that" (distant).
"accordingly" and "since" are in Biber but not MFTE's CUZ rule.
- source: pybiber
requires:
- word
- pos
cql: '[word="because"] [word!="of"]'
description: >-
pybiber counts "because" where the next token is not "of",
excluding the prepositional phrase "because of".
examples:
- text: He was scared _because_ of the costume.
source: le_foll_2024
sources:
- biber_1988
- mfte
- pybiber
- xiao_2009
- grieve_2023
- bohmann_2019
notes: Biber called this "causative subordination" (because).