liwca.datasets.dictionaries.list_scope_stems

liwca.datasets.dictionaries.list_scope_stems()

Return the sorted list of valid SCOPE stems for fetch_scope.

Stems are lowercase column names from the SCOPE data sheet. Behavioural Response Variables (lexical decision RT/accuracy, naming, etc.) and non-numeric columns (POS tags, IPA, distributed semantic vectors) are excluded. The first call downloads scope.xlsx if not already cached.

Returns:

Sorted lowercase stem names. Pass any of these to fetch_scope.

Return type:

list of str

See also

liwca.datasets.tables.fetch_scope

Fetch the SCOPE column-classification metadata table for richer information about each stem (Level.1/Level.2 grouping, source, citation).