In:Visual Linguistics with R: A practical introduction to quantitative Interactional Linguistics
Christoph Rühlemann
[Not in series 228] 2020
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Published online: 17 July 2020
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Table of contents
AcknowledgementsIX
Chapter 1.Introduction1
1.1On the design of this book1
1.2On Conversation Analysis, Interactional Linguistics, and Corpus Linguistics1
1.3On the book’s two languages3
1.4Aims of this book5
1.5Chapter structure6
1.6Installing R and R Studio7
1.7How to get help with R7
Chapter 2.Data management in R9
2.1Introduction9
2.2Basics9
2.3Vectors10
2.4Subsetting data14
2.5Dataframes and matrices15
2.6Regular expressions33
2.7Importing and exporting data43
Chapter 3.Graphical parameters in R47
3.1Introduction47
3.2Plot layout48
3.3Point characters and line types48
3.4Adding text to graphics49
3.5Legends50
3.6Colors50
3.7An illustration: Duration and phonetic size53
Chapter 4.Location plots61
4.1Case study: Turn structure and inserts61
4.1.1Introduction61
4.1.2Data and methods63
4.1.3Results68
4.1.4Discussion and concluding remarks72
4.2The location plot in the case study75
4.3Task: Internal structure of complex pre-starts81
Chapter 5.Sticky affects, affective capital and interpreter performance85
5.1Case study: Turns and lexis85
5.1.1Introduction85
5.1.2Data and methods90
5.1.3Results91
5.1.4Discussion and concluding remarks92
5.2The barplot in the case study94
5.3Task: Proportions of frequency groups in 7-word turns99
Chapter 6.Dotcharts103
6.1Case study: Turns and information structure103
6.1.1Introduction103
6.1.2Data and methods107
6.1.3Results107
6.1.4Discussion and concluding remarks109
6.2The dotchart in the case study111
6.3Task: Nucleus placement and duration117
Chapter 7.Heatmaps and dendrograms121
7.1Case study: Turns and speech rate121
7.1.1Introduction121
7.1.2Data and methods121
7.1.3Results124
7.1.4Discussion and concluding remarks127
7.2The heatmap and dendrogram in the case study130
7.3Task: Frequency variation in turns139
Chapter 8.Stripcharts and violin plots147
8.1Case study: Storytelling structure – The role of ‘adnominal this’
in Orientation147
8.1.1Introduction147
8.1.2Data and methods150
8.1.3Results151
8.1.4Discussion and concluding remarks153
8.2The stripchart and the violin plot in the case study155
8.3Task: Storytelling structure – The role of time expressions in Orientation165
Chapter 9.Scatter plots171
9.1Case study: Storytelling structure – The role of intensity and
pitch in advanceprojecting the Climax171
9.1.1Introduction171
9.1.2Data and methods172
9.1.3Results173
9.1.4Discussion and concluding remarks174
9.2The scatter plot in the case study176
9.3Task: Intensity, pitch and Climax in “Non-smoking area”181
Chapter 10.Association plots185
10.1Case study: Storytelling – Aralinguistic prosody in constructed
dialog185
10.1.1Introduction185
10.1.2Data and methods186
10.1.3Results189
10.1.4Discussion and concluding remarks191
10.2The association plot in the case study193
10.3Task: Paralinguistic prosody in the use of backchannels in storytelling201
Chapter 11.Boxplots205
11.1Case study: Turn completion – Turn-final lengthening205
11.1.1Introduction205
11.1.2Data and methods206
11.1.3Results206
11.1.4Discussion and concluding remarks211
11.2The boxplot in the case study211
11.3Task: Turn-final lengthening in 9-word turns in the BNC219
Chapter 12.Histograms and density plots223
12.1Case study: Turn transition – Backchannel response time223
12.1.1Introduction223
12.1.2Data and methods227
12.1.3Results228
12.1.4Discussion and concluding remarks232
12.2The histogram and density plot in the case study234
12.3Task: Laughter response time238
Chapter 13.Concluding remarks241
13.1Single-case analysis and visualization241
13.2Regular expression and transcription241
13.3Integrating quantitative and qualitative analysis242
13.4Multimodal enhancement243
13.5To conclude244
References245
Function index255
Conceptual index257
