code: NN_ALL
name: Total nouns (all)
definition: >-
Total count of all noun tokens regardless of subtype. MFTE merges all noun
POS tags (NN, NNS, NNP, NNPS) into a single _NN tag before counting. This
is distinct from Biber's E16 "other nouns" ([[NN]]) which excludes
nominalizations and gerunds.
normalization: words
detection:
- source: mfte
requires:
- pos
cql: '[pos="NN|NNS|NNP|NNPS"]'
combine: "_ & !QUAN & !QUPR & !DMA & !TIME"
description: >-
All noun POS tags, matching MFTE's approach of merging NN/NNS/NNP/NNPS.
QUAN and QUPR REPLACE quantifier pronouns (nothing, something, etc.).
DMA REPLACES "course" in "of course". TIME REPLACES "yesterday",
"tonight" etc. — all originally NN-tagged by Stanza but consumed
before MFTE's NN count.
sources:
- mfte