marytts.modules.phonemiser

Class Allophone

java.lang.Object

marytts.modules.phonemiser.Allophone

public class Allophone
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Allophone(Element a, String[] featureNames) Create a new Allophone object from the given XML Element

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getFeature(String feat) Return the feature with name feat.
Map<String,String>	getFeatures() Get the key-value map of features and feature values for this allophone.
boolean	isAffricate()
boolean	isConsonant()
boolean	isDiphthong()
boolean	isFricative()
boolean	isGlide()
boolean	isLiquid()
boolean	isNasal()
boolean	isPause()
boolean	isPlosive()
boolean	isSonorant()
boolean	isSyllabic()
boolean	isTone() Whether the Allophone object represents a tone symbol.
boolean	isVoiced()
boolean	isVowel()
String	name()
int	sonority()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Allophone

public Allophone(Element a,
         String[] featureNames)

Create a new Allophone object from the given XML Element

Parameters:

a - the allophone definition element

featureNames - the names of features to use for defining the allophone

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if a is not as expected

Method Detail

name

public String name()

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

isVowel

public boolean isVowel()

isDiphthong

public boolean isDiphthong()

isSyllabic

public boolean isSyllabic()

isConsonant

public boolean isConsonant()

isVoiced

public boolean isVoiced()

isSonorant

public boolean isSonorant()

isLiquid

public boolean isLiquid()

isNasal

public boolean isNasal()

isGlide

public boolean isGlide()

isFricative

public boolean isFricative()

isPlosive

public boolean isPlosive()

isAffricate

public boolean isAffricate()

isPause

public boolean isPause()

isTone

public boolean isTone()

Whether the Allophone object represents a tone symbol.

Returns:

"+".equals(features.get("isTone"))

sonority

public int sonority()

getFeatures

public Map<String,String> getFeatures()

Get the key-value map of features and feature values for this allophone.

Returns:

an unmodifiable map.

getFeature

public String getFeature(String feat)

Return the feature with name feat. Three types of values are possible: 1. an informative feature; 2. the value "0" to indicate that the feature exists but is not meaningful for this allophone; 3. null to indicate that the feature does not exist.

Parameters:

feat - feat

Returns:

the feature value, or null