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A web-based interface to calculate phonological neighborhood density for words and nonwords in Modern Standard Arabic
Faisal Aljasser1, Michael S Vitevitch2
1Department of English Language and Translation, College of Arabic Language and Social Studies, Qassim University, Buraydah, 52571, Saudi Arabia.
Abstract:
The availability of online databases (e.g., Balota et al., 2007) and calculators (e.g., Storkel & Hoover, 2010) has contributed to an increase in psycholinguistic-related research, to the development of evidence-based treatments in clinical settings, and to scientifically supported training programs in the language classroom. The benefit of online language resources is limited by the fact that the majority of such resources provide information only for the English language (Vitevitch, Chan & Goldstein, 2014). To address the lack of diversity in these resources for languages that differ phonologically and morphologically from English, the present article describes an online database to compute phonological neighborhood density (i.e., the number of words that sound similar to a given word) for words and nonwords in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). A full description of how the calculator can be used is provided. It can be freely accessed at https://calculator.ku.edu/density/about .
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