NNCOG Cognitive nouns

Definition

Nouns denoting mental activities, decisions, or evaluations.

Detection Rules

xiao_2009

Requires: usas

USAS code: X

mfte

cql[lemma={words} & pos="NN.*"]
Word list (94 items)
analysis analyses decision decisions experience experiences assessment assessments calculation calculations conclusion conclusions consequence consequences consideration considerations evaluation evaluations examination examinations expectation expectations observation observations recognition recognitions relation relations understanding understandings hypothesis hypotheses ability abilities assumption assumptions attention attentions attitude attitudes belief beliefs concentration concentrations concern concerns consciousness consciousnesses concept concepts fact facts idea ideas knowledge knowledges look looks need needs reason reasons sense senses view views theory theories desire desires emotion emotions feeling feelings judgement judgements memory memories notion notions opinion opinions perception perceptions perspective perspectives possibility possibilities probability probabilities responsibility responsibilities thought thoughts

Requires: lemma, pos

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
  • xiao_2009 — Xiao, Richard (2009) : Multidimensional analysis and the study of world Englishes