edu.nyu.jet.lex

Class EnglishLex

java.lang.Object

edu.nyu.jet.lex.EnglishLex

public class EnglishLex
extends Object

EnglishLex contains all the methods for reading and interpreting a file of English lexical entries.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
EnglishLex()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String[]	nounPlural(String[] words)
static void	readLexicon(String fileName) reads the English lexicon entries from file fileName, expands them (generating inflectional variants), and adds them to the dictionary.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

EnglishLex

public EnglishLex()

Method Detail

readLexicon

public static void readLexicon(String fileName)
                        throws IOException

reads the English lexicon entries from file fileName, expands them (generating inflectional variants), and adds them to the dictionary.

Throws:

IOException

nounPlural

public static String[] nounPlural(String[] words)