TPP3S Third person singular pronouns
Definition
He, she, him, her, his, himself, herself.
Parent
Detection Rules
mfte
cql[word={words} & pos="PRP|PRP\$"]
Word list (8 items)
he
she
him
her
his
himself
herself
hers
pybiber
cql[word={words} & pos="PRP|PRP\$"]
Word list (8 items)
he
she
him
her
his
himself
herself
hers
Normalization
Per finite_verbs
Examples
He is beginning to form his own opinions.
Source: le_foll_2024
She does tend to keep to herself.
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
Biber counted 3rd person as a single category; MFTE splits singular/plural.