This is a weighted feature-based calculator of phonological similarity.
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Make sure you installed python 3.
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Make sure you put 'yourfeaturefile.txt' inside of the master folder
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The basic usage is:
- Make your own featurefile 'yourfeaturefile.txt' as what I did in "lezgian.txt". UCLA Pheatures Spreadsheet is a nice tool.
- Choose segmental inventory in UCLA Pheatures Spreadsheet, obtain all features and copy+paste all to a Excel/Numbers/any spreadsheets.
- Export the spreadsheet to a tab-delimited table in .txt file.
- Choose your directory: Type following code in your Command Line tools (Windows) or Terminal (Mac), add your own directory after cd.
cd [your directory]- Run the python program: Type following code in your Command Line tools or Terminal.
python3 similarity.py yourfeaturefile.txt-
The output will be a similarity-matrix.csv file with all the computed similarities.
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The easiest way to change the weights of features in the dlist of similarity.py.
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If you want to commit to this program, only similarity.py matters. Other files are kept for my other research purpose.
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If you use this program in your work, please cite: Dai, H. (2021). Gradient Similarity in Lezgian Laryngeal Harmony: Representation and Computation. In 38th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (pp. 147-157). Cascadilla Proceedings Project.
@inproceedings{dai_gradient_2021, title = {Gradient similarity in {Lezgian} laryngeal harmony: representation and computation}, url = {https://hutengdai.com/files/Lezgian_paper_WCCFL.pdf}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 38th {West} {Coast} {Conference} on {Formal} {Linguistics}}, publisher = {Cascadilla Press}, author = {Dai, Huteng}, year = {2021}, }
- Feel free to contact me (hutengdai[*]gmail.com) if you have any questions!