Class: Phonology::Affricate

Inherits:

Object

• Object
• Phonology::Affricate

Includes:

SoundBase

Defined in:

lib/phonology/sound.rb

Overview

A sound which begins plosive and finishes fricative.

Instance Attribute Summary

• #onset ⇒ Object readonly

  Returns the value of attribute onset.

• #release ⇒ Object readonly

  Returns the value of attribute release.

Attributes included from SoundBase

#hints, #orthography, #syllable

Instance Method Summary

• #codepoints ⇒ Object
• #exists? ⇒ Boolean
• #features ⇒ Object
• #initialize(onset, release) ⇒ Affricate constructor

  A new instance of Affricate.

Methods included from SoundBase

#backness, #coarticulated?, #height, #hint, #manner, #place, #place_groups, #sonority, #symbol

Constructor Details

#initialize(onset, release) ⇒ Affricate

Returns a new instance of Affricate.

# File 'lib/phonology/sound.rb', line 171

def initialize(onset, release)
  self.onset = get_sound(onset)
  self.release = get_sound(release)
end

Instance Attribute Details

#onset ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute onset.

# File 'lib/phonology/sound.rb', line 168

def onset
  @onset
end

#release ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute release.

# File 'lib/phonology/sound.rb', line 168

def release
  @release
end

Instance Method Details

#codepoints ⇒ Object

# File 'lib/phonology/sound.rb', line 184

def codepoints
  [onset.codepoints, Features::DIACRITICS[:affricate], release.codepoints].flatten
end

#exists? ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

• (Boolean)

# File 'lib/phonology/sound.rb', line 176

def exists?
  onset.exists? && release.exists?
end

#features ⇒ Object

# File 'lib/phonology/sound.rb', line 180

def features
  onset.features + release.features
end