NNTECH Technical/scientific nouns

Definition

Nouns from technical or scientific domains.

Detection Rules

xiao_2009

Requires: usas

USAS code: Y

mfte

cql[word={words} & pos="NN|NNS"]
combine: _ & !NCOMP
Word list (132 items)
angle angles atom atoms bacteria bacterias bill bills carbon carbons cell cells center centers centre centres chapter chapters chromosome chromosomes circle circles cloud clouds component components compound compounds data diagram diagrams dna electron electrons element elements equation equations exam exams fire fires formula formulas gene genes graph graphs hydrogen hydrogens internet internets ion ions iron irons isotope isotopes juries jury layer layers lead leads letter letters light lights list lists margin margins mark marks matter matters message messages mineral minerals molecule molecules neuron neurons nuclei nucleus organism organisms oxygen oxygens page pages paragraph paragraphs particle particles play plays poem poems proton protons ray rays sample samples schedule schedules sentence sentences software softwares solution solutions square squares star stars statement statements theses thesis unit units virus viruses wave waves web webs word words

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