Class DialectDistancing

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.social.linguistics.DialectDistancing

public final class DialectDistancing
extends Object

Measures linguistic distance between dialects.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Real	dialectDistance(List<String> d1, List<String> d2)	Calculates average distance between two sets of equivalent words (isoglosses).
static int	levenshteinDistance(String s1, String s2)	Calculates Levenshtein Distance between two words.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Method Details

levenshteinDistance

public static int levenshteinDistance(String s1,
 String s2)

Calculates Levenshtein Distance between two words.

dialectDistance

public static Real dialectDistance(List<String> d1,
 List<String> d2)

Calculates average distance between two sets of equivalent words (isoglosses).