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Contrast and Separation Metrics for Phonological Categories

bhattacharyya_mvnormBhattacharyya distance and affinity under multivariate...
boot_jsdBootstrap JSD for each group
compare_overlap_metricsCompare phonological category overlap metrics (deprecated)
estimate_bhattEstimate Bhattacharyya distance, globally or by group
estimate_jsdEstimate Jensen-Shannon divergence or distance between two...
estimate_overlapEstimate proportional overlap globally or by group
estimate_pillaiEstimate Pillai trace, globally or by group
extract_mfccExtract MFCCs for vowel segments
global_boot_jsdGlobal JSD with bootstrap confidence interval
global_pillaiGlobal Pillai trace (point estimate)
hier_boot_jsd_modelHierarchical bootstrap for JSD-based models
inspect_contrastInspect one speaker's contrast across bandwidths
jsdJensen-Shannon divergence for discrete distributions
jsd_kde_ndn-dimensional JSD via multivariate kernel density estimation
jsd_summaryJSD summary: point estimate and optional bootstrap per group
kl_divKullback-Leibler divergence for discrete distributions
percentile_rankPercentile ranks with averaged ties
percent_overlap_kdeProportional overlap between two distributions via KDE
phontrastCompute and compare phonological contrast metrics
phontrast-packagephontrast: Contrast and Separation Metrics for Phonological...
phontrast_paletteOkabe-Ito color palette used by phontrast plots
pillai_overlapPillai trace for multivariate overlap
plot_category_pcaPlot a PCA projection of multidimensional category space
plot_category_spacePlot phonological categories in acoustic space
plot_contrastDistribution-aware contrast plot for two categories
plot_overlap_metricsPlot overlap metric comparisons
plot.phontrast_contrastPlot a phontrast() result directly
plot.phontrast_rankingPlot a rank_contrasts() result directly
plot_rank_agreementRank-agreement plot for a speaker ranking
prepare_jsd_betaPrepare JSD estimates for beta regression / GAMs
protocol_floorsSample-size floors of the ranking protocol
rank_contrastsRank speakers' contrasts by Jensen-Shannon distance and check...
recommended_estimatorKernel estimator settings by dimensionality
scale_colour_phontrastOkabe-Ito discrete color and fill scales
speaker_bhattBhattacharyya distance by group
speaker_jsdGroup-level JSD point estimates
speaker_pillaiGroup-level Pillai scores
theme_phontrastPublication theme for phontrast plots
vowel_cohortSimulated twelve-speaker vowel cohort
phontrast documentation built on Oct. 7, 2026, 5:06 p.m.