# Package edu.northwestern.at.morphadorner.corpuslinguistics.syllablecounter

Syllable counter.

See: Description

- Interface Summary
  Interface | Description
  --- | ---
  SyllableCounter | Defines an interface for retrieving the number of syllables in a word.

- Class Summary
  Class | Description
  --- | ---
  DefaultSyllableCounter | DefaultSyllableCounter: The default MorphAdorner syllablecounter.
  EnglishSyllableCounter | EnglishSyllableCounter: Counts syllables in English words.
  SyllableCounterFactory | SyllableCounter factory.

## Package edu.northwestern.at.morphadorner.corpuslinguistics.syllablecounter Description

### Syllable counter.

A syllable counter counts the number of syllables in a word (spelling).

All MorphAdorner syllable counters must implement the `SyllableCounter` interface. The `SyllableCounterFactory` provides the mechanism for instantiating a default or specified instance of a syllable counter implementation.

MorphAdorner provides an English language syllable counter as the default