org.jscience.linguistics
Class Morpheme

java.lang.Object
  org.jscience.linguistics.Morpheme

public class Morpheme
extends java.lang.Object

The Morpheme class corresponds to a sub unit of a word (prefix, suffix, etc.).

Constructor Summary

Morpheme(Grapheme[] graphemes)
Creates a new Lexeme object.

Morpheme(Language language, java.lang.String string)
Creates a new Lexeme object.

Morpheme(Phoneme[] phonemes)
Creates a new Morpheme object.

Method Summary

Grapheme[]	getGraphemes() DOCUMENT ME!
Language	getLanguage() DOCUMENT ME!
Phoneme[]	getPhonemes() DOCUMENT ME!
java.lang.String	getString() DOCUMENT ME!
boolean	isGraphemeBased() DOCUMENT ME!

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Morpheme

public Morpheme(Language language,
                java.lang.String string)

Creates a new Lexeme object.

Parameters:

language - DOCUMENT ME!

string - DOCUMENT ME!

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - DOCUMENT ME!

Morpheme

public Morpheme(Grapheme[] graphemes)

Creates a new Lexeme object.

Parameters:

graphemes - DOCUMENT ME!

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - DOCUMENT ME!

Morpheme

public Morpheme(Phoneme[] phonemes)

Creates a new Morpheme object.

Parameters:

phonemes - DOCUMENT ME!

Method Detail

getLanguage

public Language getLanguage()

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Returns:

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getGraphemes

public Grapheme[] getGraphemes()

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Returns:

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getPhonemes

public Phoneme[] getPhonemes()

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Returns:

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isGraphemeBased

public boolean isGraphemeBased()

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Returns:

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getString

public java.lang.String getString()

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Returns:

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