LIWCjs Dictionary

Parse and manipulate multiple LIWC dictionary files.

Table of Contents

1. Install
2. Usage
3. To-Do
4. References
5. Disclaimer
6. License

Install

Requires Node.js v8.10.0 or above.

To install:

npm install --save liwcjs-dictionary

or, to install without development dependencies:

npm install --save --production liwcjs-dictionary

Usage

LIWCjs-Dictionary is a node module which can be added to your node project like any other:

const LIWCDictionary = require('liwcjs-dictionary');

All of LIWCjs-Dictionary's DictionaryContainer functions are async and return a promise containing the dictionary object.

See test/test.js for a complete usage example.

See docs/index.html for API documentation.

To-Do

• [ ] Testing LIWC 2007 dictionary format
• [ ] Unit tests
• [ ] Improved error handling
• [ ] Complete documentation

Contributing

Contributions are welcome and encouraged. Please read CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md, SECURITY.md and consult the docs directory first.

LIWCjs-Dictionary is written in Typescript and uses gts.

Please run gts fix on any code you're wanting to submit and make sure it compiles using tsc -p .

As the purpose of this project is to provide results which match LIWC2015, contributions which affect the accuracy of results will not be accepted.

References

Gottschalk, L.A. (1997). The unobtrusive measurement of psychological states and traits. In Text Analysis for the Social Sciences, (Carl W. Roberts, editor). 117-129.

Pennebaker, J.W. (2011). The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us. New York: Bloomsbury.

Tausczik, Y.R., & Pennebaker, J.W. (2010). The psychological meaning of words: LIWC and computerized text analysis methods. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 29, 24-54.

Disclaimer

LIWCjs & LIWCjs-Dictionary are unauthorised, unofficial attempts to replicate the functionality of LIWC which is closed-source software created by Pennebaker Conglomerates, Inc. LIWCjs, LIWCjs-Dictionary, their creator and their contributors are not affiliated with, and do not represent, Pennebaker Conglomerates, Inc.

LIWCjs does not provide medical advice. It is intended for informational purposes only.

LIWCjs-Dictionary is shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license. See LICENSE for further disclaimers.

License

Copyright 2019 P. Hughes. All rights reserved.

Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license. See LICENSE for further details.