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.