Class Morpheme

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.social.linguistics.Morpheme

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class Morpheme
extends Object
implements Serializable

Represents a morpheme—the smallest irreducible unit of meaning or grammatical function within a language. Morphemes are the building blocks of words. * @version 2.0

Since:

1.0

Author:

Silvere Martin-Michiellot, Gemini AI (Google DeepMind)

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static enum	Morpheme.Type	Functional and structural classification of morphemes.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Morpheme(Language language, String text)	Constructs a morpheme from a raw string.
Morpheme(Language language, List<Grapheme> graphemes, List<Phoneme> phonemes)	Constructs a morpheme from explicit phonetic and orthographic units.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object o)
List<Grapheme>	getGraphemes()
Language	getLanguage()
String	getMeaning()
List<Phoneme>	getPhonemes()
String	getString()
Morpheme.Type	getType()
int	hashCode()
void	setMeaning(String meaning)
void	setType(Morpheme.Type type)
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

Morpheme

public Morpheme(Language language,
 String text)

Constructs a morpheme from a raw string.

Parameters:

language - the language of the morpheme

text - the orthographic representation

Morpheme

public Morpheme(Language language,
 List<Grapheme> graphemes,
 List<Phoneme> phonemes)

Constructs a morpheme from explicit phonetic and orthographic units.

Parameters:

language - the language

graphemes - list of constituent graphemes

phonemes - list of constituent phonemes

Method Details

getLanguage

public Language getLanguage()

getGraphemes

public List<Grapheme> getGraphemes()

Returns:

unmodifiable list of internal graphemes

getPhonemes

public List<Phoneme> getPhonemes()

Returns:

unmodifiable list of internal phonemes

getType

public Morpheme.Type getType()

setType

public void setType(Morpheme.Type type)

getMeaning

public String getMeaning()

Returns:

the semantic meaning or definition of the morpheme

setMeaning

public void setMeaning(String meaning)

getString

public String getString()

Returns:

the concatenated string of the morphemes's graphemes

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object