Phone Similarity

Phone similarity measures how similar two phones or strings of phones are within a target-actual aligned pair based on the number of descriptive phonological matchings divided by the maximal number of potential matches.

Calculation

Given a pair of aligned phones, simlarity is calculated as:

 # of matched features
 -----------------------------------------  * 100
 max(# target features, # actual features)

Parameters

The number of features considered in the calculation depends on the dimensions selected during execution of the analysis. The dimensions available for consonants are:

Place
Manner
Voicing

and for vowels:

Height
Backness
Tenseness
Rounding

Example

The table produced by this report will have the following columns:

Session
Speaker
Record #
IPA Target
IPA Actual
#Fs Place/Manner/...
#Sim Place/Manner/...
Total Fs
Similarity


Session	Speaker	Age	Record #	IPA Target	IPA Actual	#Fs Place	Sim Place	#Fs Manner	Sim Manner	#Fs Voicing	Sim Voicing	#Fs Height	Sim Height	#Fs Backness	Sim Backness	#Fs Tenseness	Sim Tenseness	#Fs Rounding	Sim Rounding	#Fs	Sim
Catootje.1_11_09	Catootje	01;11.09	1	ə	∅	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
Catootje.1_11_09	Catootje	01;11.09	1	n	nː	3	100	4	100	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	100
Catootje.1_11_09	Catootje	01;11.09	1	ɦ	ɦ	2	100	4	100	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	100
Catootje.1_11_09	Catootje	01;11.09	1	œ	æ	0	0	1	100	0	0	1	0	1	100	1	100	1	0	5	60
Catootje.1_11_09	Catootje	01;11.09	1	y	i	0	0	1	100	0	0	1	100	1	100	1	100	1	0	5	80
Catootje.1_11_09	Catootje	01;11.09	1	s	s	3	100	4	100	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	100
Catootje.1_11_09	Catootje	01;11.09	2	ə	∅	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
Catootje.1_11_09	Catootje	01;11.09	2	n	mː	3	0	4	100	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	62.5
Catootje.1_11_09	Catootje	01;11.09	2	b	b	2	100	4	100	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	100
Catootje.1_11_09	Catootje	01;11.09	2	e	eː	0	0	1	100	0	0	1	100	1	100	1	100	0	0	4	100
Catootje.1_11_09	Catootje	01;11.09	2	ʃ̟	s̪	3	33.333	4	100	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	75
Catootje.1_11_09	Catootje	01;11.09	2	ə	a	0	0	1	100	0	0	1	0	1	100	1	100	0	0	4	75
Catootje.1_11_09	Catootje	01;11.09	3	b	b	2	100	4	100	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	100
Catootje.1_11_09	Catootje	01;11.09	3	e	eː	0	0	1	100	0	0	1	100	1	100	1	100	0	0	4	100
Catootje.1_11_09	Catootje	01;11.09	3	ʃ̟	s̪	3	33.333	4	100	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	75
Catootje.1_11_09	Catootje	01;11.09	3	ə	ə	0	0	1	100	0	0	1	100	1	100	1	100	0	0	4	100
Catootje.1_11_09	Catootje	01;11.09	3	b	b	2	100	4	100	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	100
Catootje.1_11_09	Catootje	01;11.09	3	u	u	0	0	1	100	0	0	1	100	1	100	1	100	1	100	5	100
Catootje.1_11_09	Catootje	01;11.09	3	k	k	2	100	4	100	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	100
Catootje.1_11_09	Catootje	01;11.09	4	b	p	2	100	4	100	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	85.714
Catootje.1_11_09	Catootje	01;11.09	4	u	u	0	0	1	100	0	0	1	100	1	100	1	100	1	100	5	100
Catootje.1_11_09	Catootje	01;11.09	4	k	k	2	100	4	100	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	100
Catootje.1_11_09	Catootje	01;11.09	5	p	p	2	100	4	100	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	100
Catootje.1_11_09	Catootje	01;11.09	5	u	u	0	0	1	100	0	0	1	100	1	100	1	100	1	100	5	100