SUASIVE Suasive verbs

Definition

Verbs expressing commands, requests, or suggestions: command, demand, request, suggest, insist, propose, etc.

Detection Rules

mfte

cql[lemma={words} & pos="VB.*"]
Word list (11 items)
command demand insist propose recommend request suggest urge ask require order

Requires: lemma, pos

pybiber

cql[word={words} & pos="VB.*"]
Word list (144 items)
agree agreed agreeing agrees allow allowed allowing allows arrange arranged arranges arranging ask asked asking asks beg begged begging begs command commanded commanding commands concede conceded concedes conceding decide decided decides deciding decree decreed decreeing decrees demand demanded demanding demands desire desired desires desiring determine determined determines determining enjoin enjoined enjoining enjoins ensure ensured ensures ensuring entreat entreated entreating entreats grant granted granting grants insist insisted insisting insists instruct instructed instructing instructs intend intended intending intends move moved moves moving ordain ordained ordaining ordains order ordered ordering orders pledge pledged pledges pledging pray prayed praying prays prefer preferred preferring prefers pronounce pronounced pronounces pronouncing propose proposed proposes proposing recommend recommended recommending recommends request requested requesting requests require required requires requiring resolve resolved resolves resolving rule ruled rules ruling stipulate stipulated stipulates stipulating suggest suggested suggesting suggests urge urged urges urging vote voted votes voting

Requires: word, pos

Normalization

Per finite_verbs

Sources

  • biber_1988 — Biber, Douglas (1988) : Variation across Speech and Writing
  • pybiber — Brown, David West & Reinhart, Alex (2026) : pybiber — Python package for linguistic feature extraction and Multi-Dimensional Analysis
  • xiao_2009 — Xiao, Richard (2009) : Multidimensional analysis and the study of world Englishes
  • grieve_2023 — Grieve, Jack (2023) : Register variation explains stylometric authorship analysis

Notes

Not in MFTE as a separate category.