Class PhoneticSystem

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.social.linguistics.phonetics.PhoneticSystem

public final class PhoneticSystem
extends Object

Modern structural representation of phonetic systems. Focuses on IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) and articulatory features.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Silvere Martin-Michiellot, Gemini AI (Google DeepMind)

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static final record	PhoneticSystem.IPAChar	Represents a single phoneme with articulatory features.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PhoneticSystem()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static double	calculateSimilarity(PhoneticSystem.IPAChar c1, PhoneticSystem.IPAChar c2)	Calculates phonetic similarity based on feature overlap.
static PhoneticSystem.IPAChar	getIPA(String symbol)

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Details

PhoneticSystem

public PhoneticSystem()

Method Details

getIPA

public static PhoneticSystem.IPAChar getIPA(String symbol)

calculateSimilarity

public static double calculateSimilarity(PhoneticSystem.IPAChar c1,
 PhoneticSystem.IPAChar c2)

Calculates phonetic similarity based on feature overlap.