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author | Norbert Thiebaud <nthiebaud@gmail.com> | 2012-09-01 09:50:26 -0500 |
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committer | Norbert Thiebaud <nthiebaud@gmail.com> | 2012-10-16 11:09:27 -0500 |
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diff --git a/en/affDescription.txt b/en/affDescription.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9e15057 --- /dev/null +++ b/en/affDescription.txt @@ -0,0 +1,149 @@ +--------------------------------------------------------------------- +This file is a summary of the switches used in the en_GB affix file. +A description of the affix file format is appended to the end of this + +In addition to the new suffix and prefix rules a modified TRY list is +used in order to properly find spelling errors in words having . (period) +' (apostrophe) and - (hyphen) within them. A replacement list for common +mis-spellings has also been incorporated. + +The en_GB.aff affix file was created from scratch by David Bartlett and +Andrew Brown. + +15/12/02 +--------------------------------------------------------------------- + +A re- Prefix +a mis- Prefix +B -able, -ability, last syllable of stem stressed, -ate words > 2 syllables +b -ible, very basic rules, only dropped e +C de- Prefix +c over- Prefix +D -ed, regular verb past tenses, last syllable of stem stressed +d -ed, -ing, regular verb past tenses and adverbial form, last syllable NOT stressed +E dis- Prefix for negation +e out- Prefix +F con- prefix +f under - Prefix +G -ing, ending for verbs, stress on last syllable of stem +g -ability, last syllable NOT stressed +H -th, -fold - number specific suffixes, both generated +h -edly, adverbial, simplified rules +I in- im- il- ir- Prefix, opposite of. +i -edness, degree, simplified rules +J -ings, plural noun version of verb ing ending, simplified rules +j -fully, suffix +K pre-, prefix +k -ingly, adverbial form, simplified rules +L -ment, -ments, -ment's, suffix, both generated +l -ably, simplified rules +M -'s, possessive form +m -man, -men, -man's, -men's suffixes, all generated +N -ion, noun from verb, stress on last syllable of stem +n -ion, -ions, noun from verb, stress NOT on last syllable of stem +O non- Prefix +o -ally, adverb from verb, simplified rules +P -ness, -ness's, adjective degree of comparison +p -less, comparative suffix +Q -ise, -ised, -ises, -ising, -ize, -ized, -izes, -izing, all generated! +q -isation, -isations, -ization, -izations, all generated +R -er, -ers, er's, doer, last syllable stressed, both forms generated +r -er, -ers, er's, doer, last syllable NOT stressed, both forms generated +S -s, noun plurals, verb conjugation +s -iser, -isers, -izer, -izers, -iser's, -izer's, all generated +T -er, -est, adjectival comparatives, both generated +t -isable, -isability, -izable, -izability, all generated +U un- Prefix +u -iveness, ending for verbs +V -ive, ending for verbs (simplified rules) +v -ively, ending for verbs +W -ic, adjectival ending, simplified rules +w -ical, adjectival ending, simplified rules +X -ions, noun plural, stress on last syllable of stem, simplified rules +x -ional, -ionally, simplified rules, both endings formed +Y -ly, adverb endings for adjectives +y -ry, adjectival and noun forms, simplified rules. +Z -y, diminutive and adjectival form, simplified rules +z -ily, adverbial ending where adjective adds y +0 -al, noun from verb, simplified rules +1 -ically, adverbial double suffix, simplified rules +2 -iness, y+ness ending, simplified rules +3 -ist, -ists, -ists's, professions +4 trans-, Prefix +5 -woman, -women, -woman's suffixes, all generated +6 -ful, suffix +7 -able, last syllable NOT stressed, -ate words <= 2 syllables +8 +9 + +--------------------------------------------------------------------- +To Do: +-ity +-en +-ify, -ified, -ifies, -ifing +-ism +-ish +-ous +-ously + +--------------------------------------------------------------------- +The following minor suffixes have been ignored, based on +frequency counts in the standard word list +-fulness +-lessly +-lessness +-ousness +-ifier +-ification +-ward +-ship +-ishly +-ible +-ibility +-iveity +-edness +-icable +-icability +-ality +-alism +-ics +-ional +-ology +-ologist +-istic + +--------------------------------------------------------------------- +What follows is cut and pasted from the instructions at +http://whiteboard.openoffice.org/lingucomponent/affix.readme + +The first line has 4 fields: + +Field +----- +1 SFX - indicates this is a suffix +2 D - is the name of the character which represents this suffix +3 Y - indicates it can be combined with prefixes (cross product) +4 4 - indicates that sequence of 4 affix entries are needed to + properly store the affix information + +The remaining lines describe the unique information for the 4 affix +entries that make up this affix. Each line can be interpreted +as follows: (note fields 1 and 2 are used as a check against line 1 info) + +Field +----- +1 SFX - indicates this is a suffix +2 D - is the name of the character which represents this affix +3 y - the string of chars to strip off before adding affix + (a 0 here indicates the NULL string) +4 ied - the string of affix characters to add + (a 0 here indicates the NULL string) +5 [^aeiou]y - the conditions which must be met before the affix + can be applied + +Field 5 is interesting. Since this is a suffix, field 5 tells us that +there are 2 conditions that must be met. The first condition is that +the next to the last character in the word must *NOT* be any of the +following "a", "e", "i", "o" or "u". The second condition is that +the last character of the word must end in "y". + |