RNONFACT YAML source
code: RNONFACT
mfte_code: RNONFACT
name: Non-factive adverbs
definition: Adverbs expressing manner of assertion without asserting truth.
normalization: words
detection:
- source: mfte
requires:
- lemma
- pos
cql: '[lemma={words} & pos="RB.*"]'
words:
- confidentially
- frankly
- generally
- honestly
- mainly
- technically
- truthfully
- typically
- reportedly
- primarily
- usually
combine: "_ & !FREQ"
description: >-
MFTE FREQ (line 1229) REPLACES usually/generally/etc. before
RNONFACT runs, so frequency adverbs are not available.
sources:
- biber_2006
- mfte