JJSIZE Size adjectives
Definition
Adjectives denoting physical size or dimension.
Detection Rules
mfte
MFTE matches surface forms with _J prefix (line 1553). Uses word (not lemma) to avoid matching comparatives like “smaller” via lemma “small”.
cql[word={words} & pos="JJ.*"]
combine: _ & !QUAN
Word list (12 items)
big
deep
heavy
huge
long
large
little
short
small
thin
wide
narrow
Normalization
Per nouns
Sources
- biber_2006 — Biber, Douglas (2006) : University Language — A Corpus-based Study of Spoken and Written Registers
- mfte — Le Foll, Elen & Shakir, Muhammad (2023/2025) : Multi-Feature Tagger of English (MFTE) — Python version