ⓘ This entry is for the positional attribute: word form, lemma, lowercase, tag… For the type of token, the opposite of nonword, see word.
The word form (often shortened to
word in the interface) is a positional attribute. It refers to one of the word forms that a
lemma can take, e.g. the lemma
go can take these word forms
go,
went,
gone,
goes,
going.
| lemma |
word forms |
| do |
do, did, done, doing, does |
| long |
long, longer, longest |
| be |
am, is, are, was, were, being, been |
| knife |
knife, knives |
| cup |
cup, cups |
A wordlist of word forms is a list where each of
go, went, gone, goes, going is listed separately and their frequencies are also calculated separately.
A search using word forms is a search which will only find the word form(s) that is typed in the input form. It will not find the other word forms belonging to the same lemma.
The word form is
case-sensitive:
apple and
Apple are two different word forms.
Compare
word_lc (lowercase)
lemma
lemma lc (lowercase)
See also
list of attributes
token
