Goal of the pilot has been to investigate the possibilities for an integrated presentation of linguistically annotated audio and text material, combining [http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/ Praat) and TypeCraft.
Praat is a signal analysis software developed by Paul Boersma and David Weenink of the University of Amsterdam. It is a tool widely used for the annotation of sound objects.For the present study we have taken advantage of the fact that Praat annotation data resides in a TextGrid object that exists separately from the sound object.Specifying a sentence tier allowed us easy referencing of data across applications. At present our sound signal representations are static, and selective, that is, they focus on the presentation of one selected feature to illustrate interesting correlations across phonetic and linguistic categories.
Description of the material
For our study we selected 10 sentences which we selected from phonetic database of the "Sound to Sense" project.
Sentences 1 to 3
Speaker dialect: Bergen
Jeg ser bildet, kan du si, litt på skrått ned, ovenifra.
“I see the picture, say, somewhat diagonally downwards, from above.”
Det dekker omtrent hele det venstre…mest…altså, venstreste kortsiden.
“It covers approximately the whole left…most…that is, the leftest short side.”
Det
de
3SGNEUT
PN
dekker
dek:
er
cover
PRES
V
omtrent
umtrent
approximately
ADVm
hele
he:l
e
whole
DEF
ADJ
det
de
DEFSGNEUT
ART
venstre
venstre
left
ADVm
mest
mest
mostSUP
ADJ
altså
aso
that.isDM
ADVm
venstreste
venstre
st
e
left
SUPMU
DEF
ADJ
kortsiden
kort
sid
en
short
side
DEFSG
N
Download files for viewing in the Praat application: Sound, TextGrid
Hun står med ryggen mot veggen opp og ser på han som skal kaste ballen som står utenfor og peker på boksene.
“She's standing with her back up against the wall and looking at him, who is standing outside and about to throw the ball, and pointing towards the boxes.”
Hun
hun
3SGFEM
PN
står
sto:
r
stand
PRES
V
med
med
withMNR
PREP
ryggen
ryɡ:
en
back
DEFSG
N
mot
mut
againstDIR
PREP
veggen
veɡ:
en
wall
DEFSG
N
opp
up
upDIRMU
PREP
og
o
and
CONJC
ser
se:
r
see
PRES
V
på
po
atDIR
PREP
han
han
3SGMASC
PN
som
som
PNrel
skal
skal:
shallPRES
V
kaste
kast
e
throw
INF
V
ballen
bal:
en
ball
DEFSG
N
som
som
PNrel
står
sto:
r
stand
PRES
V
utenfor
ʉtenfor
outside
ADVm
og
o
and
CONJC
peker
pe:k
er
point
PRES
V
på
po
atDIR
PREP
boksene
boks
ene
box
DEFPL
N
Download files for viewing in the Praat application:Sound, TextGrid
The TextGrid files are opened together with the matching sound files for viewing in the Praat application. The TextGrid files consist of three tiers, 'Word' (rendered in Bokmål orthography) 'Phoneme' (shows underlying segments) and 'Note' (shows surface realisation with IPA symbols, and other notes).
Here is a list of glosses used in the 'Note' tier:
Phonology/Phonetics:
BrV = Segent realised with breathy voice
CrV = Segent realised with creaky voice
DV = Underlying voiced segment realised devoiced
EPN = Epenthesis
RD = Reduction of segment (e.g. corner vowel realised as schwa or plosive as fricative).
V = Underlying non-voiced segment realised voiced
Morphophonology/Syntax
CL = Clitic
Other
ERR = The speaker errs and corrects himself
HES = (Audible) hesitation from speaker