Table of contents
Acknowledgements
IX
Chapter 1.Introduction
1
1.1On the design of this book
1
1.2On Conversation Analysis, Interactional Linguistics, and Corpus Linguistics
1
1.3On the book’s two languages
3
1.4Aims of this book
5
1.5Chapter structure
6
1.6Installing R and R Studio
7
1.7How to get help with R
7
Chapter 2.Data management in R
9
2.1Introduction
9
2.2Basics
9
2.3Vectors
10
2.4Subsetting data
14
2.5Dataframes and matrices
15
2.6Regular expressions
33
2.7Importing and exporting data
43
Chapter 3.Graphical parameters in R
47
3.1Introduction
47
3.2Plot layout
48
3.3Point characters and line types
48
3.4Adding text to graphics
49
3.5Legends
50
3.6Colors
50
3.7An illustration: Duration and phonetic size
53
Chapter 4.Location plots
61
4.1
Case study: Turn structure and inserts
61
4.1.1Introduction
61
4.1.2Data and methods
63
4.1.3Results
68
4.1.4Discussion and concluding remarks
72
4.2The location plot in the case study
75
4.3Task: Internal structure of complex pre-starts
81
Chapter 5.Sticky affects, affective capital and interpreter performance
85
5.1
Case study: Turns and lexis
85
5.1.1Introduction
85
5.1.2Data and methods
90
5.1.3Results
91
5.1.4Discussion and concluding remarks
92
5.2The barplot in the case study
94
5.3Task: Proportions of frequency groups in 7-word turns
99
Chapter 6.Dotcharts
103
6.1
Case study: Turns and information structure
103
6.1.1Introduction
103
6.1.2Data and methods
107
6.1.3Results
107
6.1.4Discussion and concluding remarks
109
6.2The dotchart in the case study
111
6.3Task: Nucleus placement and duration
117
Chapter 7.Heatmaps and dendrograms
121
7.1
Case study: Turns and speech rate
121
7.1.1Introduction
121
7.1.2Data and methods
121
7.1.3Results
124
7.1.4Discussion and concluding remarks
127
7.2The heatmap and dendrogram in the case study
130
7.3Task: Frequency variation in turns
139
Chapter 8.Stripcharts and violin plots
147
8.1
Case study: Storytelling structure – The role of ‘adnominal this’
in Orientation
147
8.1.1Introduction
147
8.1.2Data and methods
150
8.1.3Results
151
8.1.4Discussion and concluding remarks
153
8.2The stripchart and the violin plot in the case study
155
8.3Task: Storytelling structure – The role of time expressions in Orientation
165
Chapter 9.Scatter plots
171
9.1
Case study: Storytelling structure – The role of intensity and
pitch in advanceprojecting the Climax
171
9.1.1Introduction
171
9.1.2Data and methods
172
9.1.3Results
173
9.1.4Discussion and concluding remarks
174
9.2The scatter plot in the case study
176
9.3Task: Intensity, pitch and Climax in “Non-smoking area”
181
Chapter 10.Association plots
185
10.1
Case study: Storytelling – Aralinguistic prosody in constructed
dialog
185
10.1.1Introduction
185
10.1.2Data and methods
186
10.1.3Results
189
10.1.4Discussion and concluding remarks
191
10.2The association plot in the case study
193
10.3Task: Paralinguistic prosody in the use of backchannels in storytelling
201
Chapter 11.Boxplots
205
11.1
Case study: Turn completion – Turn-final lengthening
205
11.1.1Introduction
205
11.1.2Data and methods
206
11.1.3Results
206
11.1.4Discussion and concluding remarks
211
11.2The boxplot in the case study
211
11.3Task: Turn-final lengthening in 9-word turns in the BNC
219
Chapter 12.Histograms and density plots
223
12.1
Case study: Turn transition – Backchannel response time
223
12.1.1Introduction
223
12.1.2Data and methods
227
12.1.3Results
228
12.1.4Discussion and concluding remarks
232
12.2The histogram and density plot in the case study
234
12.3Task: Laughter response time
238
Chapter 13.Concluding remarks
241
13.1Single-case analysis and visualization
241
13.2Regular expression and transcription
241
13.3Integrating quantitative and qualitative analysis
242
13.4Multimodal enhancement
243
13.5To conclude
244
References
245
Function index
255
Conceptual index
257
This article is available free of charge.