lib/zenlish/wclasses/noun.rb in zenlish-0.1.25 vs lib/zenlish/wclasses/noun.rb in zenlish-0.2.00

@@ -4,8 +4,29 @@
   module WClasses
     # A noun denotes classes and categories of things in the unverse of discourse.
     # Nouns denote people, animals, inanimate things, places, events, qualities
     # and states.
     class Noun < WordClass
+      def initialize
+        super()
+        init_feature_defs
+      end
+
+      # Nouns inflect according to number, possessive. Therefore they are
+      # variable.
+      def invariable?
+        false
+      end
+
+      private
+
+      def init_feature_defs
+        # Create standard feature definitions for nouns.
+        feature_def_dsl {
+          feature_def 'NUMBER' => enumeration(:singular, :plural)
+          feature_def 'COUNTABILITY' => enumeration(:count, :non_count)
+          feature_def 'PARADIGM' => [identifier, 'Common_form'] # 2nd item is default value
+        }
+      end
     end # class
   end # module
 end # module