Going forward with API's, in particularly with handling of sheva, the structure function needs to be revised.
Return type
The current return type is not flexible. If Modern Hebrew syllabification were implemented, the current structure of the tuple would become meaningless. It is better to return an object, allowing for better naming.
Terminology
Though the the Syllable class is focused more on linguistic components (e.g. a sheva is counted as a vowel, though not labeled a vowel character in Unicode), the entire library is still focused on syllabifying text, not doing proper linguistic analysis.
Following precedent of traditional grammars, like GKC, opt to use the terms:
- initial_consonant
- vowel
- final_consonant
Though clunky, they do not conflate orthography with linguistics.
Maters
By using a more generic "vowel" term, the mater could be included as part of the vowel — e.g. a hiriq-yod
Structure
See thread here, with final return type looking something like this:
{
initial_consonants: {
original: "יּ֫",
text: "י" // the "meaningful" part of the text
silent_characters: []
},
vowel: {
original: "\u{5B7}", // the patah by itself is illegible
text: "\u{5B7}"
silent_characters: []
},
final_consonants: {
original: "רְא",
text: "ר"
silent_characters: ["\u{5B0}", "א"]
}
}
Going forward with API's, in particularly with handling of sheva, the
structurefunction needs to be revised.Return type
The current return type is not flexible. If Modern Hebrew syllabification were implemented, the current structure of the tuple would become meaningless. It is better to return an object, allowing for better naming.
Terminology
Though the the
Syllableclass is focused more on linguistic components (e.g. a sheva is counted as a vowel, though not labeled a vowel character in Unicode), the entire library is still focused on syllabifying text, not doing proper linguistic analysis.Following precedent of traditional grammars, like GKC, opt to use the terms:
Though clunky, they do not conflate orthography with linguistics.
Maters
By using a more generic "vowel" term, the mater could be included as part of the vowel — e.g. a hiriq-yod
Structure
See thread here, with final return type looking something like this: