NNQUANT Quantity/time nouns

Definition

Nouns denoting quantities, measurements, or time periods.

Detection Rules

mfte

cql[word={words} & pos="NN|NNS"]
Word list (93 items)
age ages amount amounts centuries century cycle cycles date dates day days energies energy frequencies frequency future futures half halves heat heats height heights hour hours length lengths lot lots measure measures meter meters mile miles minute minutes moment moments month months morning mornings number numbers part parts per percent percentage percentages percents period periods portion portions quantities quantity quarter quarters rate rates ratio ratios second seconds section sections semester semesters summer summers temperature temperatures term terms time times today todays volt voltage voltages volts volume volumes week weekend weekends weeks weight weights

Requires: word, 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