NNPLACE Place nouns

Definition

Nouns denoting locations, spaces, or geographical features.

Detection Rules

mfte

cql[word={words} & pos="NN|NNS"]
Word list (175 items)
apartment apartments area areas bathroom bathrooms bay bays bench benches bookstore bookstores border borders bottom bottoms boundaries boundary building buildings campus campuses canyon canyons cave caves cities city class classes classroom classrooms coast coasts continent continents counties countries country county court courts delta deltas desert deserts district districts earth earths environment environments estuaries estuary factories factory farm farms field fields floor floors forest forests front fronts ground grounds habitat habitats hall halls hell hells hemisphere hemispheres hill hills hole holes horizon horizons interior interiors lake lakes land lands lecture lectures left lefts libraries library location locations market markets middle middles moon moons mountain mountains museum museums neighborhood neighborhoods neighbourhood neighbourhoods north norths ocean oceans office offices opposite opposites orbit orbital orbitals orbits organization organizations outside outsides parallel parallels park parks passage passages place places planet planets pool pools prison prisons properties property region regions residence residences restaurant restaurants river rivers road roads room rooms sector sectors shaft shafts shop shops southwest station stations store stores stream streams territories territory top tops valley valleys village villages

Requires: word, pos

xiao_2009

Requires: usas

USAS code: M7

biber_2006

cql[lemma={words} & pos="NN.*"]
Word list (173 items)
apartment apartments interior interiors bathroom bathrooms moon moons bay bays museum museums bench benches neighborhood neighborhoods bookstore bookstores opposite opposites border borders orbit orbits cave caves orbital orbitals continent continents outside outsides delta deltas parallel parallels desert deserts passage passages estuary estuaries pool pools factory factories prison prisons farm farms restaurant restaurants forest forests sector sectors habitat habitats shaft shafts hell hells shop shops hemisphere hemispheres southwest hill hills station stations hole holes territory territories horizon horizons road roads bottom bottoms store stores boundary boundaries stream streams building buildings top tops campus campuses valley valleys canyon canyons village villages coast coasts city cities county counties country countries court courts earth earths front fronts environment environments district districts field fields floor floors market markets lake lakes office offices land lands organization organizations lecture lectures place places left lefts room rooms library libraries area areas location locations class classes middle middles classroom classrooms mountain mountains ground grounds north norths hall halls ocean oceans park parks planet planets property properties region regions residence residences river rivers

Requires: lemma, pos

usas

cql[lemma={words} & pos="NN|NNS"]
Word list (219 items)
Aborigine Benelux Bushman Bushmen Duchy Dukedom Frontier Highland Jordie Jordies Lowlanders Market-Towns abo aboriginal aboriginality aborigine aborigines alcove alien aliens all-terrain alleyway alleyways anchorage area areas backwater backwoods base beach-head birthplace bivies bivy blackspot blackspots boardwalk bombsite border borderline borehole boundaries boundary brownfield burgher burghers camp campus campuses catwalk cemetery checkpoint circumference cities colonization colonizer colony common commons compatriot compatriots confines conurbation counties countries countryman countrymen countrywoman countrywomen county crannies cranny decolonisation decolonization depot district districts ditch dump e-frontier embankment enclave enclaves entrance entries entry esplanade estate estates ex-colonies ex-colony extremities extremity fatherland fora foreground frontier ghetto grave gravel-pit gravel-pits graveside graveyard grotto hamlet hamlets haunt haunting haunts haven hicksville hide hideaway hides highland highlands homeland hotbed hotspot ice-rink international internationalisation islander islanders junction kibbutz labyrinth landfill landmark locale localities locality location lowlander market-town maze metropolis motherland multinationals municipality national nationals necropolis nook nooks northener northeners northerner northerners orbit outback outpost outreach outreaches outskirts park parks perimeter piste pitch place places plaza polities polity principalities principality prom promenade province provinces quarry quayside ranch region rendezvous rink rough sanctuary seafront seaport seashore settlement settler settlers shire sideroad site smallholding southerner spa start-line sub-region subdistrict subdistricts territories territory thoroughfare town townie townies townsfolk township townships townspeople towpath utopia venue venues verge vicinity village villager villagers waterfront waterside yoodle zone zones zoo

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