textanalytics.ja.mecabToLemma

Extract lemmata from MeCab output for Japanese

Since R2019b

Syntax

lemmata = textanalytics.ja.mecabToLemma(words,info)

Description

lemmata = textanalytics.ja.mecabToLemma(words,info) extracts lemmata (normalized words) given MeCab output in the format returned by the MeCab-ipadic dictionary.

Input Arguments

words — Input tokens

string vector

Input tokens, specified as a string vector.

Data Types: string

info — Information struct

struct

Information struct with the following fields:

• Feature – String vector of tokens of the same size as words containing the MeCab output lines in ChaSen format without the split tokens themselves.

• PartOfSpeech – Numerical code used inside the MeCab-ipadic dictionary for the part-of-speech classification.

Data Types: struct

Output Arguments

lemmata — Extracted lemmata

string vector

Extracted lemmata, returned as a string vector the same size as words.

Version History

Introduced in R2019b