PIT YAML source
code: PIT
biber_number: C9
xiao_number: C52
mfte_code: PIT
bohmann_number: 4
name: Pronoun IT
definition: The pronoun "it" and its forms (it, itself, its).
normalization: finite_verbs
detection:
- source: mfte
requires:
- word
- pos
cql: '[word={words} & pos="PRP|PRP\$"]'
words:
- init
- innit
- it
- its
- itself
- source: pybiber
requires:
- word
- pos
cql: '[word={words} & pos="PRP|PRP\$"]'
words:
- it
- its
- itself
examples:
- text: _It_ fell and broke.
source: le_foll_2024
- text: I implemented _it_.
source: le_foll_2024
- text: _Its_ impact has not yet been researched.
source: le_foll_2024
sources:
- biber_1988
- mfte
- pybiber
- xiao_2009
- grieve_2023
- bohmann_2019