SUFF_MENT Suffix -ment

Definition

Words ending in -ment(s).

Detection Rules

regexments?$

Normalization

Per words

Sources

• bohmann_2019 — Bohmann, Axel (2019) : Variation in English Worldwide: Varieties and Genres in a Quantitative Perspective
• biermeier_2008 — Biermeier, Thomas (2008) : Word-formation in New Englishes
• 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 -ment as a nominalisation indicator.