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Text-Portuguese-0.01
/ Text::Portuguese

NAME

Text::Portuguese - Portuguese language stemming

SYNOPSIS

use Text::Portuguese;

Text::Portuguese::stem(\@words);

# or

Text::Portuguese::stem(@words);

DESCRIPTION

This module implements a Portuguese stemming algorithm proposed in the paper A Stemming Algorithm for the Portuguese Language by Moreira, V. and Huyck, C.

The eight steps of stemming algorithm are listed as follows:

  • Plural Reduction

  • Feminine Reduction

  • Adverb Reduction

  • Augmentative/Diminutive Reduction

  • Noun Suffix Reduction

  • Verb Suffix Reduction

  • Vowel Reduction

  • Accents Removal

SEE ALSO

Text::Galician

COPYRIGHT

xern <xern@cpan.org>

This module is free software; you can redistribute it or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.