Package nzilbb.encoding

Class Unisyn2DISC

java.lang.Object

nzilbb.encoding.PhonemeTranslator

nzilbb.encoding.Unisyn2DISC

All Implemented Interfaces:

Function<String,String>, UnaryOperator<String>

public class Unisyn2DISC
extends PhonemeTranslator

Translates Unisyn-encoded phonemic transcriptions like ~ t r a n . * s k r i p . sh @ n to CELEX-DISC-encoded transcriptions like "tr{n-'skrIp-S@n.

This converts not only the phonemes, but also syllabification and stress markers:

• * → ' - primary stress
• ~ → " - secondary stress
• - → , - tertiary stress
• . → - - syllable boundary

Mapping

Unisyn		DISC	Example
			Stress/syllabification
*	→	'		primary stress
~	→	"		secondary stress
-	→	,		tertiary stress
.	→	-		syllable boundary
			Vowels
e	→	E	DRESS
a	→	{	TRAP
ou	→	5	GOAT	(but a monophthong for edi)
o	→	Q	LOT
ah	→	#	START
oo	→	$	THOUGHT	(but a diphthong in some en-US)
ii	→	i	FLEECE
i	→	I	KIT
@	→	@	schwa
uh	→	V	STRUT
u	→	U	FOOT
uu	→	u	GOOSE
ei	→	1	FACE
ai	→	2	PRICE
oi	→	4	CHOICE
ow	→	6	MOUTH
i@	→	7	NEAR
@@r	→	3	NURSE
eir	→	8	SQUARING	(actually a monophthong in many)
ur	→	9	JURY
			(troublesome because they map in accent-specific ways)
ar	→	Q	start → PALM → LOT (US)	(but START (RP))
aa	→	Q	PALM → LOT (US)	(but START (RP))
oa	→	{	BANANA → TRAP (US)	(but START (RP))
ao	→	#	MAZDA → START	(but TRAP (NZ))
			2-to-1
our	→	$	FORCE → THOUGHT
eh	→	{	ann use TRAP
oul	→	5	goal	post vocalic GOAT
ouw	→	5	KNOW → GOAT	(except for Abergave)
oou	→	Q	adios → LOT
au	→	Q	CLOTH → LOT	(but a diphthong in some en-US)
or	→	$		r-coloured THOUGHT
iy	→	i	HAPPY	I for some varieties
ie	→	i	HARRIET	Leeds only
ii;	→	i	AGREED → FLEECE
@r	→	@		r-coloured schwa
iu	→	u	BLEW → GOOSE
uu;	→	u	brewed → GOOSE
uw	→	u	louise → GOOSE
uul	→	u	goul	post-vocalic GOOSE
ee	→	1	WASTE → FACE	(except for abercrave)
ae	→	2	TIED → PRICE	(except Edi and Aberdeen)
ae	→	2	TIED → PRICE	(except Edi and Aberdeen)
aer	→	2	FIRE	r-coloured PRICE
aai	→	2	TIME → PRICE	(except S. Carolina)
oir	→	2	COIR	r-coloured PRICE
owr	→	6	HOUR	r-coloured MOUTH
oow	→	6	HOUR → MOUTH	(exception S. Carolina)
ir	→	i	NEARING	r-coloured NEAR → FLEECE
ir;	→	i	near	scots-long NEAR → FLEECE
iir	→	7	beard → NEAR	(except en-AU)
er	→	E		r-coloured DRESS in scots en
ur;	→	9	CURE	scots-long JURY
iur	→	9	curious	JURY exception in Cardiff & Abercrave
			Consonants
y	→	j
ch	→	J
jh	→	_
sh	→	S
zh	→	Z
th	→	T
dh	→	D
t^	→	L	butter/merry flap
m!	→	F	chasm
n!	→	H	mission
ng	→	N
l!	→	P	cattle
			(2-to-1)
ll	→	l	llandudno	(for Cardiff and Abercrave, this is different)
lw	→	l	feel - dark l
hw	→	w	which

Author:

Robert Fromont robert@fromont.net.nz

See Also:

DISC2Unisyn

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Unisyn2DISC()	Default constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	apply(String source)	Translates a phonemic transcription from the source encoding to the destination encoding.

Methods inherited from class nzilbb.encoding.PhonemeTranslator

getDestinationEncoding, getSourceEncoding

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.util.function.Function

andThen, compose

Constructor Detail

Unisyn2DISC

public Unisyn2DISC()

Default constructor.

Method Detail

apply

public String apply(String source)

Translates a phonemic transcription from the source encoding to the destination encoding.

Specified by:

apply in interface Function<String,String>

Overrides:

apply in class PhonemeTranslator

Parameters:

source - Phonemic transcription in the source encoding.

Returns:

Phonemic transcription in the destination encoding.