Class SyntacticComplexity

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.social.linguistics.SyntacticComplexity

public final class SyntacticComplexity
extends Object

Models syntactic complexity of text.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static final record	SyntacticComplexity.ComplexityMetrics

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static SyntacticComplexity.ComplexityMetrics	analyze(String text)	Calculates complexity based on Hunt's T-unit analysis.
static int	calculateYngveDepth(String sentence)	Identifies Yngve's depth (maximal number of left-branching nodes).

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Method Details

analyze

public static SyntacticComplexity.ComplexityMetrics analyze(String text)

Calculates complexity based on Hunt's T-unit analysis. T-unit: One main clause plus any subordinate clauses.

calculateYngveDepth

public static int calculateYngveDepth(String sentence)

Identifies Yngve's depth (maximal number of left-branching nodes).