SUFF_ITY Suffix -ity

Definition

Words ending in -ity or -ities.

Detection Rules

regexit(y|ies)$

Normalization

Per words

Sources

• bohmann_2019 — Bohmann, Axel (2019) : Variation in English Worldwide: Varieties and Genres in a Quantitative Perspective
• baayen_1994 — Baayen, R. Harald (1994) : Derivational productivity and text typology
• biber_1988 — Biber, Douglas (1988) : Variation across Speech and Writing

Notes

Biber (1988: 227) includes -ity as a nominalisation indicator.