lttoolbox contains finite state tools for lexical processing,
morphological analysis and generation of words. Analysis is the
process of splitting a word like cats into its lemma cat and the
grammatical information <n><pl>. Generation is the opposite process.
The three programs main programs are lt-comp, the compiler, lt-proc, the processor, and lt-expand, which generates all possible mappings between surface forms and lexical forms in the dictionary.
Executables built by this pacage:
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lt-comp: compiler, execute without parameters to show usage instructions. -
lt-proc: processor, typical options are -a (lexical analyser, default option), -g (lexical generator) and -p (lexical post-generator). Using -h will show all flags. -
lt-expand: generates all the pairs of transductions of a given dictionary. Execute without parameters to show the instructions of use. -
lt-trim: trims a compiled analyser to only contain entries which would pass through a compiled bidix, creating a new compiled and trimmed analyser. -
lt-print: print the arcs of a transducer in ATT format.
There is also a C++ API that you can link to (see how apertium or apertium-lex-tools do this).
See http://wiki.apertium.org/wiki/Lttoolbox for usage examples and more information.
Requirements:
- g++ >= 2.95
- GNU make
- libxml2 >= 2.6.17
Building & installing:
- ./configure
- make
- make install