NNTEMP Temporal nouns

Definition

Nouns denoting time concepts (e.g., day, hour, week, year).

Detection Rules

xiao_2009

Requires: usas

USAS code: T1

usas

cql[lemma={words} & pos="NN|NNS"]
Word list (274 items)
*-month 24-hour 5-day Ammonite August/September/October Aztec Aztecs Baroque Conquistadors Countdown Decembers ETA Edwardian Eves FY FY00 FY01 FY02 FY07 FY0l FY2000 FY2002 FY96 FY97 FY98 FY99 Fridays Georgian Halloween Mondays Sabbath Saturdays Sundays Thursdays Tuesdays Victoriana Victorians Viking Vikings Wednesdays Yuletide aeon afternoon ages all-nighter almanac annal annals anniversary annum antediluvian anytime appointment autumn autumn-spring back-timing backburner background bedtime biding birthdate birthday boyhood breakfast-time brevity bridging briefness brink calender catch-up caveman cavemen centuries century childhood chronology contemporaries contemporary dalliance date dawn day daybreak days daytime deadline decade duration dusk early-morning ephemera epoch era eve even evening first-half flexi-leave flexi-time flexitime fortnight fortune-teller full-timer fulltime future futurism futurists generation half-an-hour half-hour half-term half-time hallowe'en historica history hour hour-by-hour hours ides instant interlude interregnum interval istory jubilee juncture life-time lifecycles lifespan lifetime long-hours manana meantime mediator mediators memorabilia mid-1960s mid-1970s mid-1980s mid-November mid-morning mid-term mid-week mid-winter midday midnight midsummer midweek milestone millennia millennium millisecond milliseconds minute minutes mo modernisation modernization modernizations moment month months morning museum museums nanosecond neet newshour night night-time nightfall nightime nights nightshift nightshifts nighttime noon occasion offputting part-timer part-timers part-timing past period phase posterity postponement pre-cycling pre-generation prehistory present procrastinating procrastination prophet prophets regency rescheduling retrospect rosta s sabbatical season seasonality sec semester session shelf-life shortness simesta span spell spells spring-autumn springtime stage stint stopgap stopover summer summers summertime sunrise sunset swatch sync teatime teenagership throw-back throwback time time-frame time-keeper time-management time-out time-pressure timeframe timeline timer times timescale to-day today todays tomorrow tomorrows tonight triennial turnaround turnround twilight update updating vacation victorian viking wait waiting watch week week-end week-ends weekday weekend weeks while whistle-stop whit winter wintertime year years yesterdays yesteryear yrs

Requires: lemma, pos

Normalization

Per words

Sources

  • 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