distance_matrix: Distance matrix for Dialectometry

In dialectR: Doing Dialectometry in R

Description

Computes a distance matrix between dialect varieties, the results of which may be used for further analyses and plotting.

Usage

distance_matrix(
  dialect_data,
  funname,
  alignment_normalization = FALSE,
  delim = NULL
)

Arguments

dialect_data	A dataframe of dialect data, transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet.
funname	The distance metric to be used. This can be chosen from the following: "leven", "vc_leven".
alignment_normalization	A logical value, indicating whether or not the distance scores should be normalized by alignment length.
delim	An optional delimiter, in situations where multiple responses exist in the data.

Value

A distance matrix, where the values are the difference between dialects based on edit distance.

Examples

data(Dutch)
Dutch <- Dutch[1:3,1:3]
distance_matrix(Dutch, funname = "vc_leven", alignment_normalization = TRUE)

dialectR documentation built on May 20, 2021, 9:06 a.m.