API Reference

I/O

Reading, writing, and merging LIWC dictionaries.

create_dx(categories)	Create a dictionary DataFrame from category-to-terms mapping.
read_dx(fp, **kwargs)	Read a dictionary from a LIWC DIC or DICX file.
write_dx(dx, fp, **kwargs)	Write a dictionary to a LIWC DIC or DICX file.
merge_dx(*dxs)	Merge multiple dictionaries into a single dictionary.
drop_category(dx, categories)	Remove one or more categories from a dictionary.

LIWC-22 CLI

Python wrapper for the LIWC-22 command-line tool.

liwc22(mode, *[, auto_open, use_gui, dry_run])

Execute a LIWC-22 CLI analysis from Python.

Word Counting

Pure-Python LIWC-style word counting.

count(-> ~pandas.DataFrame)

Count LIWC dictionary categories across documents (pure-Python).

DDR Scoring

Distributed Dictionary Representation — semantic scoring via word embeddings.

ddr(texts, dx, embeddings, *[, tokenizer, ...])

Score documents against dictionary categories via DDR.

Fetching Dictionaries

Remote LIWC-format dictionaries, fetched on demand and cached locally.

fetch_bigtwo(*[, version])	Fetch the big two (agency and communion) dictionary.
fetch_honor()	Fetch the honor dictionary.
fetch_mystical()	Fetch the mystical experience dictionary.
fetch_sleep()	Fetch the sleep dictionary.
fetch_threat()	Fetch the threat dictionary.

Utility

Miscellaneous utilities and helpers.

set_log_level([level])

Configure logging output for the liwca package.