TPP3P Third person plural pronouns

MFTE PP3t child of TPP

Definition

They, them, their, themselves.

Parent

TPP

Detection Rules

mfte

cql[word={words} & pos="PRP|PRP\$"]
Word list (5 items)
they them their themselves theirs

Requires: word, pos

pybiber

cql[word={words} & pos="PRP|PRP\$"]
Word list (5 items)
they them their themselves theirs

Requires: word, pos

Normalization

Per finite_verbs

Examples

The text allows readers to grapple with their own conclusions.

Source: le_foll_2024

I wouldn’t trust them.

Source: le_foll_2024

Sources

  • biber_1988 — Biber, Douglas (1988) : Variation across Speech and Writing
  • mfte — Le Foll, Elen & Shakir, Muhammad (2023/2025) : Multi-Feature Tagger of English (MFTE) — Python version

Notes

Part of Biber’s combined 3rd person category.

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