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
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