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LexiCAL: A calculator for lexical variables
While a number of tools have been developed for researchers to compute the lexical characteristics of words, extant resources are limited in their useability and functionality. Specifically, some tools require users to have some prior knowledge of some aspects of the applications, and not all tools...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8087072/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33930073 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250891 |
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author | Chee, Qian Wen Chow, Keng Ji Goh, Winston D. Yap, Melvin J. |
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description | While a number of tools have been developed for researchers to compute the lexical characteristics of words, extant resources are limited in their useability and functionality. Specifically, some tools require users to have some prior knowledge of some aspects of the applications, and not all tools allow users to specify their own corpora. Additionally, current tools are also limited in terms of the range of metrics that they can compute. To address these methodological gaps, this article introduces LexiCAL, a fast, simple, and intuitive calculator for lexical variables. Specifically, LexiCAL is a standalone executable that provides options for users to calculate a range of theoretically influential surface, orthographic, phonological, and phonographic metrics for any alphabetic language, using any user-specified input, corpus file, and phonetic system. LexiCAL also comes with a set of well-documented Python scripts for each metric, that can be reproduced and/or modified for other research purposes. |
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spelling | pubmed-80870722021-05-06 LexiCAL: A calculator for lexical variables Chee, Qian Wen Chow, Keng Ji Goh, Winston D. Yap, Melvin J. PLoS One Research Article While a number of tools have been developed for researchers to compute the lexical characteristics of words, extant resources are limited in their useability and functionality. Specifically, some tools require users to have some prior knowledge of some aspects of the applications, and not all tools allow users to specify their own corpora. Additionally, current tools are also limited in terms of the range of metrics that they can compute. To address these methodological gaps, this article introduces LexiCAL, a fast, simple, and intuitive calculator for lexical variables. Specifically, LexiCAL is a standalone executable that provides options for users to calculate a range of theoretically influential surface, orthographic, phonological, and phonographic metrics for any alphabetic language, using any user-specified input, corpus file, and phonetic system. LexiCAL also comes with a set of well-documented Python scripts for each metric, that can be reproduced and/or modified for other research purposes. Public Library of Science 2021-04-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8087072/ /pubmed/33930073 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250891 Text en © 2021 Chee et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Chee, Qian Wen Chow, Keng Ji Goh, Winston D. Yap, Melvin J. LexiCAL: A calculator for lexical variables |
title | LexiCAL: A calculator for lexical variables |
title_full | LexiCAL: A calculator for lexical variables |
title_fullStr | LexiCAL: A calculator for lexical variables |
title_full_unstemmed | LexiCAL: A calculator for lexical variables |
title_short | LexiCAL: A calculator for lexical variables |
title_sort | lexical: a calculator for lexical variables |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8087072/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33930073 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250891 |
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