FREQ YAML source
code: FREQ
mfte_code: FREQ
name: Frequency adverbs
definition: >-
Adverbs of frequency: always, often, never, sometimes, usually, rarely, etc.
normalization: finite_verbs
detection:
- requires:
- word
cql: '[word={words}]'
words:
- again
- always
- constantly
- continually
- daily
- ever
- forever
- frequently
- generally
- infrequently
- intermittently
- monthly
- never
- normally
- occasionally
- often
- oftentimes
- once
- periodically
- rarely
- regularly
- repeatedly
- seldom
- sometimes
- sporadically
- traditionally
- twice
- usually
- weekly
- yearly
refines: RB
description: Default frequency adverbs rule (based on MFTE). Refines RB.
- source: mfte
requires:
- word
- pos
cql: '[word={words}]'
words:
- again
- always
- constantly
- continually
- daily
- ever
- forever
- frequently
- generally
- infrequently
- intermittently
- monthly
- never
- normally
- occasionally
- often
- oftentimes
- once
- periodically
- rarely
- regularly
- repeatedly
- seldom
- sometimes
- sporadically
- traditionally
- twice
- usually
- weekly
- yearly
refines: RB
examples:
- text: We should _always_ wear a mask.
source: le_foll_2024
- text: But he had found his voice _again_.
source: le_foll_2024
sources:
- mfte
notes: Biber 1988 did not have a separate frequency adverb category.