NNCOG Cognitive nouns
Definition
Nouns denoting mental activities, decisions, or evaluations.
Detection Rules
xiao_2009
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
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