Distancia del coseno entre vectores cepstrales como método para cuantificar la diferencia acústica entre marcas en conflicto
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2022
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Universitat de Girona
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Lahoz-Bengoechea, José María, y Marianela Fernández Trinidad. «Distancia del coseno entre vectores cepstrales como método para cuantificar la diferencia acústica entre marcas en conflicto». Propuestas en fonética experimental : enfoques metodológicos y nuevas tecnologías, editado por Beatriz Blecua et al., Universitat de Girona, 2022, pp. 145-49.
Abstract
RESUMEN: Este trabajo propone una metodología innovadora en el ámbito de la lingüística forense para poder estimar la distancia acústica entre nombres de marcas comerciales compuestas por similar número de segmentos. La iniciativa surge de un estudio lingüístico pericial en el que se pretendía esclarecer el grado de diferencia entre dos marcas comerciales en conflicto judicial. La medida de la distancia acústica que se propone es el ángulo formado por los vectores mel-cepstrales (MFCC), comparados para cada instante temporal entre los sonidos de los nombres pronunciados por un mismo locutor. Este método permite calcular de forma objetiva la distancia fonética global entre los nombres de las marcas, la distancia en la parte coincidente y en la discrepante o diferencial. El artículo detalla todos los pasos metodológicos seguidos en el estudio y discute sus ventajas y posibles limitaciones.
ABSTRACT: This paper presents a new method, of interest to forensic linguistics, that estimates the acoustic distance between the names of two trademarks that consist of a similar number of segments. The proposal is based on an experts’ linguistic report aimed at establishing the degree of differentiation between two trademarks, one of which had sued the other for alleged similarity. The measure of acoustic distance that is suggested here is the angle formed by the mel-cepstral (MFCC) vectors, compared for every time frame between the sounds of both names, as pronounced by the same speaker. This method provides an objective measure of the phonetic distance between the trademarks, averaged over the word, or restricted to either the differential part or that in common. The paper explains all the methodological steps and discusses the contributions and possible limitations.
ABSTRACT: This paper presents a new method, of interest to forensic linguistics, that estimates the acoustic distance between the names of two trademarks that consist of a similar number of segments. The proposal is based on an experts’ linguistic report aimed at establishing the degree of differentiation between two trademarks, one of which had sued the other for alleged similarity. The measure of acoustic distance that is suggested here is the angle formed by the mel-cepstral (MFCC) vectors, compared for every time frame between the sounds of both names, as pronounced by the same speaker. This method provides an objective measure of the phonetic distance between the trademarks, averaged over the word, or restricted to either the differential part or that in common. The paper explains all the methodological steps and discusses the contributions and possible limitations.