Table 1
Overview of key features of PLD2flex and their access in comparable tools.
| FEATURES | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LANGUAGE(S) SUPPORTED | FINDING PHON. NEIGHBOURS | CALCULATION OF MEAN PHON. DISTANCE | FLEXIBLE EDIT DISTANCE | PROCESSING OF MULTIPLE INPUT WORDS | PSEUDOWORD SUPPORT | |
| PLD2flex | 30+ (including some varieties) | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| CLEARPOND [7] | English, German, Dutch, Spanish, French | yes | no | no | yes | no |
| Phonological CorpusTools (PCT) [4] | Unrestricted | yes | no | yes | no | yes |
| Irvine Phonotactic Dictionary (IPhOD) [12] | English | yes | no | no | yes | yes |
| Phonotactic Probability Calculator (PPC) [14] | Tool no longer available as of 07/2024. | |||||
Figure 1
User interface of the PLD2flex application.
Figure 2
Result file showing the calculated distances.
Figure 3
Modules and components of PLD2flex.