---
name: "KinoSearch::Analysis::Stemmer"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libkinosearch-perl"
version: "0.165-2"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/KinoSearch::Analysis::Stemmer"
---

# KinoSearch::Analysis::Stemmer(3pm)

reduce related words to a shared root

## NAME

KinoSearch::Analysis::Stemmer - reduce related words to a shared root

## SYNOPSIS

```
    my $stemmer = KinoSearch::Analysis::Stemmer->new( language => 'es' );

    my $polyanalyzer = KinoSearch::Analysis::PolyAnalyzer->new(
        analyzers => [ $lc_normalizer, $tokenizer, $stemmer ],
    );
```

## DESCRIPTION

Stemming reduces words to a root form.  For instance, "horse", "horses", and "horsing" all become "hors" -- so that a search for 'horse' will also match documents containing 'horses' and 'horsing'.

This class is a wrapper around Lingua::Stem::Snowball, so it supports the same languages.

## METHODS

### new

Create a new stemmer.  Takes a single named parameter, `"language"`, which must be an ISO two-letter code that Lingua::Stem::Snowball understands.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2005-2009 Marvin Humphrey

## LICENSE, DISCLAIMER, BUGS, etc.

See KinoSearch version 0.165.