Using two-dimensional box plots to visualize the vowel space: A study of rounded vowel allophones in Tigrinya

Authors

  • Radu Craioveanu Dept. of Linguistics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S3G3, Canada

Keywords:

Two dimensional, Bivariate, Carrier phase, Ethiopia, Inter quartile ranges, Vowel space, Word lists

Abstract

A study that was conducted to examine rounded vowel allophones in Tigrinya using two-dimensional box plots to visualize the vowel space is presented. A conventional box plot displays the median, interquartile range, and total distribution of the data along one axis. For bivariate data like formant plots, two box plots could be superimposed at right angles, but as these are computed for F1 and F2 separately, this is not entirely accurate. Tigrinya is an Ethio-Semitic language spoken in Eritrea and northern Ethiopia. It has received very little attention from a phonetic standpoint. As such, descriptions of two rounding processes in the language have only received an impressionistic description to date. A word list was prepared based on dictionary searches, comprising target words which would display VH or LVR. Sentences were devised to carry the target words, some composed by the author, others by the experimental participant. A decision was made not to use a consistent carrier phase.

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Published

2011-09-01

How to Cite

1.
Craioveanu R. Using two-dimensional box plots to visualize the vowel space: A study of rounded vowel allophones in Tigrinya. Canadian Acoustics [Internet]. 2011 Sep. 1 [cited 2025 Feb. 13];39(3):156-7. Available from: https://jcaa.caa-aca.ca/index.php/jcaa/article/view/2458

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 3 (2011)

Section

Proceedings of the Acoustics Week in Canada

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