Toward a format-neutral annotation store

Fromont, Robert

doi:10.1016/j.csl.2017.01.004

Cited by 6 publications

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“…The data were orthographically transcribed in ELAN (version 6.5; ELAN, 2023; Lausberg & Sloetjes, 2009) and time-aligned using LaBB-CAT (Fromont & Hay, 2012). All candidate tokens of (ing) were tagged in LaBB-CAT using regular expressions.…”

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Post-educator relaxation in the U-shaped curve: Evidence from a panel study of Tyneside (ing)

Grama,

Mechler,

Bauernfeind

et al. 2023

Lang Var Change

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Age-grading—a cornerstone of sociolinguistic theorizing—is hypothesized to follow a U-shaped pattern. Vernacular forms peak in adolescence, abate in middle age, and increase again in retirement, forming a vernacular tail. A complete understanding of age-grading has been hampered by a lack of empirical evidence across the entire adult trajectory and a relatively narrow understanding of speakers’ motivations to change. This paper presents data from a dynamic panel dataset of Tyneside English speakers, covering successive cohorts over the entire adult lifespan. An analysis of (ing) reveals that the U-shaped curve is occupationally niched; only professional educators demonstrate clear retrenchment followed by a tail. Drawing on educational policy research, we argue this effect is largely driven by institutional (and heavily policed) expectations of UK educational policies. We are the first to demonstrate the occupationally niched nature of the U-shaped curve and provide quantitative evidence of the effect of educational policy on linguistic production.

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confidence: 99%

Post-educator relaxation in the U-shaped curve: Evidence from a panel study of Tyneside (ing)

Grama,

Mechler,

Bauernfeind

et al. 2023

Lang Var Change

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“…The second step of data preparation was to automatically segment the speech signal using the HTK toolkit (Young et al 2006) via its implementation in LaBB-CAT (Fromont & Hay 2012). Time-aligned segmentations were exported as Praat Textgrids (Boersma & Weenink 2014) and manually checked for the correct alignment of the acoustic duration of the /ɹ/ gestures using the formant-tracking function, with special attention paid to the characteristic lowering of the third formant; note, however, that this was sometimes impossible due to insufficient audio quality.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The articulation of /ɹ/ in New Zealand English

Heyne¹,

Wang²,

Derrick³

et al. 2018

Journal of the International Phonetic Association

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This paper investigates the articulation of approximant /ɹ/ in New Zealand English (NZE), and tests whether the patterns documented for rhotic varieties of English hold in a non-rhotic dialect. Midsagittal ultrasound data for 62 speakers producing 13 tokens of /ɹ/ in various phonetic environments were categorized according to the taxonomy by Delattre & Freeman (1968), and semi-automatically traced and quantified using the AAA software (Articulate Instruments Ltd. 2012) and a Modified Curvature Index (MCI; Dawson, Tiede & Whalen 2016). Twenty-five NZE speakers produced tip-down /ɹ/ exclusively, 12 tip-up /ɹ/ exclusively, and 25 produced both, partially depending on context. Those speakers who produced both variants used the most tip-down /ɹ/ in front vowel contexts, the most tip-up /ɹ/ in back vowel contexts, and varying rates in low central vowel contexts. The NZE speakers produced tip-up /ɹ/ most often in word-initial position, followed by intervocalic, then coronal, and least often in velar contexts. The results indicate that the allophonic variation patterns of /ɹ/ in NZE are similar to those of American English (Mielke, Baker & Archangeli 2010, 2016). We show that MCI values can be used to facilitate /ɹ/ gesture classification; linear mixed-effects models fit on the MCI values of manually categorized tongue contours show significant differences between all but two of Delattre & Freeman's (1968) tongue types. Overall, the results support theories of modular speech motor control with articulation strategies evolving from local rather than global optimization processes, and a mechanical model of rhotic variation (see Stavness et al. 2012).

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“…Although studies comparing different forced aligners are limited, conclusions drawn from major world language data may be useful for low-resource language work. González et al (2018a) compared MFA with LaBB-CAT (Fromont & Hay 2012), FAVE, and MAUS on English data, and found that MFA gave the most accurate boundaries.…”

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Recent Advances in Technologies for Resource Creation and Mobilization in Language Documentation

Berez-Kroeker

Gabber

Slayton

2023

Annu. Rev. Linguist.

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Language documentation as a subfield of linguistics has arisen over the past roughly two and a half decades more or less simultaneously with the widespread availability of inexpensive hardware and software for creating, storing, and sharing digital objects. Thus, in some ways the history of advancements within the discipline is also a history of how technological tools have been developed, tested, adopted, and eventually abandoned as newer technologies appear. In this article we examine some recent technologies used both for creating documentary resources, usually considered to include recorded language events in a variety of genres and settings and enough annotation to make them decipherable, and for then mobilizing those resources so that they can be used and shared in language learning, reclamation, revitalization, and analysis. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Linguistics, Volume 9 is January 2023. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

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Toward a format-neutral annotation store

Cited by 6 publications

References 11 publications

Post-educator relaxation in the U-shaped curve: Evidence from a panel study of Tyneside (ing)

Post-educator relaxation in the U-shaped curve: Evidence from a panel study of Tyneside (ing)

The articulation of /ɹ/ in New Zealand English

Recent Advances in Technologies for Resource Creation and Mobilization in Language Documentation

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