NNHUMAN Human nouns

Definition

Nouns denoting people, roles, or animate beings.

Detection Rules

xiao_2009

Requires: usas

USAS code: S2

mfte

cql[lemma={words} & pos="NN.*"]
Word list (313 items)
family families guy guys individual individuals kid kids man men manager managers member members parent parents teacher teachers child children people peoples person people student students woman women animal animals applicant applicants author authors baby babies boy boys client clients consumer consumers critic critics customer customers doctor doctors employee employees employer employers father fathers female females friend friends girl girls god gods historian historians husband husbands american americans indian indians instructor instructors king kings leader leaders male males mother mothers owner owners president presidents professor professors researcher researchers scholar scholars speaker speakers species species supplier suppliers undergraduate undergraduates user users wife wives worker workers writer writers accountant accountants adult adults adviser advisers agent agents aide aides ancestor ancestors anthropologist anthropologists archaeologist archaeologists artist artists artiste artistes assistant assistants associate associates attorney attorneys audience audiences auditor auditors bachelor bachelors bird birds boss bosses brother brothers buddha buddhas buyer buyers candidate candidates cat cats citizen citizens colleague colleagues collector collectors competitor competitors counselor counselors daughter daughters deer deer defendant defendants designer designers developer developers director directors driver drivers economist economists engineer engineers executive executives expert experts farmer farmers feminist feminists freshman freshmen eologist eologists hero heroes host hosts hunter hunters immigrant immigrants infant infants investor investors jew jews judge judges lady ladies lawyer lawyers learner learners listener listeners maker makers manufacturer manufacturers miller millers minister ministers mom moms monitor monitors monkey monkeys neighbor neighbors observer observers officer officers official officials participant participants partner partners patient patients personnel personnels peer peers physician physicians plaintiff plaintiffs player players poet poets police polices processor processors professional professionals provider providers psychologist psychologists resident residents respondent respondents schizophrenic schizophrenics scientist scientists secretary secretaries server servers shareholder shareholders sikh sikhs sister sisters slave slaves son sons spouse spouses supervisor supervisors theorist theorists tourist tourists victim victims faculty faculties dean deans engineer engineers reader readers couple couples graduate graduates pakistanis bangladeshis srilanakns

Requires: lemma, pos

usas

cql[lemma={words} & pos="NN|NNS"]
Word list (132 items)
Amazon Esquire Eunuch Madame Messrs Monsieur Signorina Sloane anthropocentrism bachelor bimbo bloke blokes bluey bod boy boys broad brunettes chap chappie chappy chaps creap depopulation earth-mother escapist escapists f/ms fans fella fellah feller fellow female feminine femininity feminism feminist feminists femme floozie forgetfulness fraulein gal geezer gender gender-bender genderism gent gentleman gentlemen gents geriatric geriatrics giant giants girl girlhood girlie girls guy hag heart-throb house-woman housewife housewives identity lad laddie laddies ladies lads lady lass lassie ma'am machismo machoness madam maiden male man manhood mankind masculine masculinity matey mateys mechanics men mens misogynist miss missy mister mr mr. ms ms. nanine nanines nanny non-gender overpopulation patriarchy playgirl poppet populace population redhead sex sexism sisterhood squash superman superwoman thinker tobabs tomboy tramp tramps virility wench wenches woman womanhood womankind women womenfolk womenkind womens

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
  • usas — Rayson, Paul; Archer, Dawn; Piao, Scott; McEnery, Tony (2004) : The UCREL Semantic Analysis System