LIWC (Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count)

Last Updated: 5/13/2013 12:00:00 AM
Site: http://www.liwc.net/

LIWC (Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count) is a text analysis program available for purchase. It calculates the degree to which various categories of words are used in a text, and can process texts ranging from e-mails to speeches, poems and transcribed natural language in either plain text or Word formats. A free, minimalist web version is available through the website.

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Creator(s): LIWC Inc. (James W. Pennebaker, Roger J. Booth, and Martha E. Francis)

Creator's Site: http://www.liwc.net/

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Type of analysis: Natural Language Processing Analysis Content Analysis
Type of license: Commercial
Web Usable: Software you Download and Install
Ease of Use: Easy
TaDiRAH Goals: Analysis
TaDiRAH Methods: Content Analysis Other (analysis) Statistical Analysis

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Amy Dyrbye

LIWC also appears in Project Bamboo's DiRT, a registry of digital tools suitable for academic research. DiRT contains a wide range of tools and software searchable by task, such as annotation, content management, collaborative research, or authoring. It is an excellent resource for Digital Humanists seeking the right tool for the task at hand.

View LIWC in DiRT:

http://dirt.projectbamboo.org/resources/linguistic-inquiry-and-word-count-liwc

View the full site:

http://dirt.projectbamboo.org/

Jingwei Wang

The website has been moved to the following url:

https://liwc.wpengine.com/

Bennett Kuwan Tchoh

LIWC was used in this research abstract https://dh2018.adho.org/en/womens-books-versus-books-by-women/

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