Superword is a Java open source project dedicated in the study of English words analysis and auxiliary reading, including but not limited to, spelling similarity, definition similarity, pronunciation similarity, the transformation rules of the spelling, the prefix and the dynamic prefix, the suffix and the dynamic suffix, roots, compound words, text auxiliary reading, web page auxiliary reading, book auxiliary reading, etc..

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Getting Started:

1、Install JDK8
 Add the $JAVA_HOME/bin directory into the $PATH environment variable,ensure you can use Java command: 
 
 java -version
 java version "1.8.0_60"
 
 Tip:
 Must use JDK8 not JDK7.
 
2、Get the source code of superword
 git clone https://github.com/ysc/superword.git
 cd superword
 
 We suggest you register a GitHub account, fork the superword project to your own account, 
 and then clone the source code from your own account.
 This facilitates the application of GitHub features "Pull requests" for collaborative development.
 
3、Configure MySQL database
 MySQL character encoding: UTF-8,
 Server IP Address: 127.0.0.1
 Server Port: 3306
 Database: superword
 User name: root
 Password: 
 
 notice: 
 If your mysql password is not empty, please modify the file:
 src/main/java/org/apdplat/superword/tools/MySQLUtils.java in line 49 to your password.
 
 Execute the script in MySQL command line:
 source src/main/resources/mysql/superword.sql
 source src/main/resources/mysql/word_definition.sql
 source src/main/resources/mysql/word_pronunciation.sql
4、Run the project
 mvn jetty:run
5、Use system
 Open browser access: http://localhost:8080/index.jsp
 Notice: The first time to access the system may be a little bit slow, be patient please.

Engaging in complex language behavior requires various kinds of knowledge of language:

Phonetics and Phonology — knowledge about linguistic sounds
Morphology — knowledge of the meaningful components of words
Syntax — knowledge of the structural relationships between words
Semantics — knowledge of meaning
Pragmatics — knowledge of the relationship of meaning to the goals and intentions of the speaker
Discourse — knowledge about linguistic units larger than a single utterance

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