Open charlesLoder opened 4 years ago
The structure()
method returns [string, string, string]
. In order to implement this, may want to change the output to an object, though that would technically be a breaking change, this is still v0, so I guess it's fine
Currently,
havarot
syllabifies words according to Traditional (i.e. Sephardic) or Tiberian rules. The ability to syllabify word according to general Modern Hebrew pronunciation would be beneficial, especially for augmenting with transliteration schemas that follow Modern HebrewDifferences
Syllable Properties
Syllable.medial
In issue #2, it is proposed to introduce more linguistic properties to syllables. Modern Hebrew differs in it's syllable properties
A
medial
property would need to be included:Modern Hebrew allows for syllable types of CCV and CCVC.
E.g. גְּדֹולִים is realized as [gdo. 'lim]
Syllable.onset
For syllables beginning with א, ע, or ה, the
onset
can be realized asnull
. Though, orthographically, they do function like anonset
.Realization of Shewa
In Biblical Hebrew reading traditions, the shewa is often vocalic, but in Modern Hebrew it is often realized as a zero-vowel [Ø] (Coffin and Bolozky, A Reference Grammar of Modern Hebrew, 22), creating syllables of CCV or CCVC types (see above)
The most common times that a word-initial (maybe syllable-initial) shewa is realized as vocalic is when (1) it's onset is a י, ל, מ, נ, or ר, or (2) when the second letter is א, ה, or ע.
Example of (1):
Example of (2):
A shewa preceded by a shewa is typically vocal as well, just like TIberian, but not necessarily so