Jiwar: A database and calculator for word neighborhood measures in 40 languages.

IF 4.6 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL

Behavior Research Methods Pub Date : 2025-02-19 DOI:10.3758/s13428-025-02612-7

Alaa Alzahrani

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Abstract

The majority of neighborhood calculators are restricted to one language. The limited availability of multilingual neighborhood calculators could pose challenges for conducting psycholinguistic research on low-resource languages. Therefore, this study introduced Jiwar, a database and calculator for neighborhood information across three levels (orthographic, phonological, and phonographic) across 40 languages. The database contains information for 24 linguistic and neighborhood measures, while the Python-based calculator allows users to compute more than 46 neighborhood measures for words and nonwords. This study further examined the Jiwar calculator's instrument reliability and validity. Correlations with previous datasets across several languages suggested the strong reliability of two key Jiwar measures. Multiple-linear regression models revealed that a subset of Jiwar measures significantly predicted behavioral results in lexical decision and visual naming tasks, indicating the validity of the Jiwar calculator. Jiwar is an open-source, Python-based tool that is designed to expand to more languages and functions.

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Jiwar: 40种语言的单词邻域测量的数据库和计算器。

大多数邻域计算器仅限于一种语言。多语言社区计算器的有限可用性可能对进行低资源语言的心理语言学研究构成挑战。因此，本研究引入了Jiwar，这是一个数据库和计算器，用于40种语言的三个层次（正字法、音位学和音位学）的邻里信息。数据库包含24种语言和邻域度量的信息，而基于python的计算器允许用户为单词和非单词计算超过46种邻域度量。本研究进一步检验了Jiwar计算器的仪器信度和效度。与先前跨几种语言的数据集的相关性表明，两个关键的Jiwar测量方法具有很强的可靠性。多元线性回归模型显示，Jiwar测量的一个子集显著地预测了词汇决策和视觉命名任务中的行为结果，表明Jiwar计算器的有效性。Jiwar是一个基于python的开源工具，旨在扩展到更多的语言和函数。

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Behavior Research Methods Multiple-

CiteScore

10.30

自引率

9.30%

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266

期刊介绍： Behavior Research Methods publishes articles concerned with the methods, techniques, and instrumentation of research in experimental psychology. The journal focuses particularly on the use of computer technology in psychological research. An annual special issue is devoted to this field.