languagechange 0.4.0

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Language Change

A Python package for simulating language evolution across different historical periods of English.

Installation

pip install languagechange

Or using Poetry:

poetry install

Overview

This package provides tools to transform Modern English sentences into approximations of Old English and Middle English. It works by applying word-by-word replacements based on historical linguistic patterns.

Usage

Command Line Interface

# Transform a custom sentence
python -m languagechange.languagechange "Nothing ever comes to one that is worth having, except as a result of hard work."

# Use the default test sentence
python -m languagechange.languagechange 

Python API

from languagechange import LanguageEvolution

# Initialize the language evolution engine
evolution = LanguageEvolution()

# Transform a sentence
sentence = "Nothing ever comes to one that is worth having, except as a result of hard work."

# Get Old English version
old_english = evolution.transform_sentence(sentence, evolution.old_english_replacements)
print(f"Old English: {old_english}")  # Output: Nothing ever comes tō ān þæt iƿ worth having, except as ān result of hard work.

# Get Middle English version
middle_english = evolution.transform_sentence(sentence, evolution.middle_english_replacements)
print(f"Middle English: {middle_english}")  # Output: Nothing ever comes to oon that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.

# Using the generator to get all forms
for i, version in enumerate(evolution.generate_evolution(sentence)):
    stage = ["Old English", "Middle English", "Modern English"][i]
    print(f"{stage}: {version}")

Features

• Transform Modern English text to Old English (approximately 5th to 11th century)
• Transform Modern English text to Middle English (approximately 11th to 15th century)
• Preserve capitalization and punctuation during transformation
• Command-line interface with Typer
• Python API for programmatic usage

Development

Running Tests

pytest

License

This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0