align_phones: Align two sequences of phonemes using global alignment

In tjmahr/alignphone: What the Package Does (One Line, Title Case)

Align two sequences of phonemes using global alignment

Description

The algorithm used here is based on the Needleman-Wunsch algorithm.

Usage

align_phones(
  a,
  b,
  fun_match = phone_match_exact,
  indel_create = -2,
  indel_extend = -1
)

Arguments

a, b	two sequences of phonemes to align
fun_match	function to compute the similarity scores for each phoneme
indel_create	penalty for creating a gap
indel_extend	penalty for extending a gap by one step

Value

a list with the class phone_alignment with information about the matching

Examples

# Kiss the sky and kiss this guy
a <- c("k", "I", "s", "dh", "4", "s", "k", "@I") |> wiscbet_to_ipa()
b <- c("k", "I", "s", "dh", "I", "s", "g", "@I") |> wiscbet_to_ipa()
align_phones(a, b)

tjmahr/alignphone documentation built on June 11, 2025, 2:17 p.m.