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Sonification as a new exploratory method of corpus analysis (previous version)


Upcoming paper:
Adli & Pfeifer (accepted): Sonification of register: Towards a new method for exploratory corpus analyses.

Slow and fast versions:
Section 1.1 shows a slow version of the sonification, section 1.2 a fast version. Different text genres included in the GUM corpus (Zeldes, 2017) are represented in separate sound files.
In the slow version, approximately 1/12 of the sentences have been included in the sonification. Each sentence lasts 1 second.
The fast version represents the entire GUM corpus. Each sentence lasts 1/12 second.

We recommend to start by listening to the isolated timbres given in section 2, in order to learn to distinguish them in the sonification.

Separate features/instruments:
The linguistic features are mapped onto different timbres, which are listed below (in slow version). All other features/instruments are muted.

 

1.1 Slow versions 1.2 Fast versions 2. Separate features/instruments

1.1.1 Academic writing (slow)

1.2.1 Academic writing (fast)

2.1 Dimension 1, 1st Person

1.1.2 Biographies (slow)

1.2.2 Biographies (fast)

2.2 Dimension 1, 2nd Person

1.1.3 Fiction (slow)

1.2.3 Fiction (fast)

2.3 Dimension 1, Present Tense

1.1.4 Interviews (slow)

1.2.4 Interviews (fast)

2.4 Dimension 1, Demonstrative Pronouns

1.1.5 News stories (slow)

1.2.5 News stories (fast)

2.5 Dimension 2, 3rd Person

1.1.6 Travel guides (slow)

1.2.6 Travel guides (fast)

2.6 Dimension 2, Past Tense

1.1.7 How-to-guides (slow)

1.2.7 How-to-guides (fast)

2.7 Dimension 1, 1st Person & Dimension 1, 2nd Person & Dimension 2, 3rd Person

2.8 Dimension 1, Present Tense & Dimension 2, Past Tense

2.9 Dimension 3, Adverbs

2.10 Dimension 4, Infinitives

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