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read_dict_functions

Internal functions to import dictionary files


Description

Internal functions to import dictionary files in a variety of formats

read_dict_lexicoder imports Lexicoder files in the .lc3 format.

read_dict_wordstat imports WordStat files in the .cat format.

read_dict_liwc imports LIWC dictionary files in the .dic format.

read_dict_yoshikoder imports Yoshikoder files in the .ykd format.

Usage

read_dict_lexicoder(path)

read_dict_wordstat(path, encoding = "utf-8")

read_dict_liwc(path, encoding = "utf-8")

read_dict_yoshikoder(path)

Arguments

path

the full path and filename of the dictionary file to be read

encoding

the encoding of the file to be imported

Value

a quanteda dictionary object

Examples

dict <- quanteda:::read_dict_lexicoder(
    system.file("extdata", "LSD2015.lc3", package = "quanteda")
)


## Not run: 
dict <- quanteda:::read_dict_wordstat(system.file("extdata", "RID.cat", package = "quanteda"))
# dict <- read_dict_wordstat("/home/kohei/Documents/Dictionary/LaverGarry.txt", "utf-8")
# dict <- read_dict_wordstat("/home/kohei/Documents/Dictionary/Wordstat/ROGET.cat", "utf-8")
# dict <- read_dict_wordstat("/home/kohei/Documents/Dictionary/Wordstat/WordStat Sentiments.cat",
#                            encoding = "iso-8859-1")

## End(Not run)

dict <- quanteda:::read_dict_liwc(
    system.file("extdata", "moral_foundations_dictionary.dic", package = "quanteda")
)

dict <- quanteda:::read_dict_yoshikoder(system.file("extdata", "laver_garry.ykd",
                                                    package = "quanteda"))

quanteda

Quantitative Analysis of Textual Data

v3.0.0
GPL-3
Authors
Kenneth Benoit [cre, aut, cph] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0797-564X>), Kohei Watanabe [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6519-5265>), Haiyan Wang [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4992-4311>), Paul Nulty [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7214-4666>), Adam Obeng [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2906-4775>), Stefan Müller [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-4125>), Akitaka Matsuo [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3323-6330>), William Lowe [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1549-6163>), Christian Müller [ctb], European Research Council [fnd] (ERC-2011-StG 283794-QUANTESS)
Initial release

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