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Functions for basic text processing and analysis.

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Types

corpus()

A corpus module

frequency_tuple()

A tuple of the form {language, number}

language()

A language as a BCP-47 string

vocabulary()

A vocabulary module

Functions

detect(text)

See Text.Language.detect/1.

detect(text, options)

See Text.Language.detect/2.

ngram(text, n)

See Text.Ngram.ngram/2.

pluralize_noun(word, options \\ [])

Pluralize a noun.

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corpus()

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corpus() :: module()

A corpus module

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frequency_tuple()

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frequency_tuple() :: {language(), number()}

A tuple of the form {language, number}

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language()

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language() :: String.t()

A language as a BCP-47 string

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vocabulary()

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vocabulary() :: module()

A vocabulary module

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detect(text)

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See Text.Language.detect/1.

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detect(text, options)

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See Text.Language.detect/2.

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ngram(text, n)

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See Text.Ngram.ngram/2.

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pluralize_noun(word, options \\ [])

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Pluralize a noun.

Arguments

  • word is any English noun.

  • options is a keyword list of options.

Options

  • :mode is either :modern or :classical. The default is :modern.

  • :language is the inflection module to be used. The default and ony option is Text.Inflect.En

Returns

  • a String representing the pluralized noun

Notes

mode when :classical applies pluralization on latin nouns used in english but with latin suffixes.

Examples 

iex> Text.pluralize_noun "Major general"
"Major generals"

iex> Text.pluralize_noun "fish"
"fish"

iex> Text.pluralize_noun "soliloquy"
"soliloquies"

iex> Text.pluralize_noun "genius", mode: :classical
"genii"

iex> Text.pluralize_noun "genius"
"geniuses"

iex> Text.pluralize_noun "platypus", mode: :classical
"platypodes"

iex> Text.pluralize_noun "platypus"
"platypuses"