quanteda (version 3.3.1)

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)

Value

a quanteda

dictionary object

Arguments

path

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

encoding

the encoding of the file to be imported

Examples

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


if (FALSE) {
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")
}

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"))