parseCognates: Parse cognates out of an item

In KonstantinHoffmann/ABVDTools: Some useful tools for processing data from the ABVD database abvd.shh.mpg.de

Description

Parse cognates out of an item

Usage

parseCognates(language, wordID, removeLoans = TRUE,
  UncertaintyAsUniques = FALSE, removeUncertainties = FALSE,
  missingsAsUniques = TRUE)

Arguments

language	The id of the language
wordID	The id of the word (1-210)
removeLoans	if TRUE, returns an empty numeric(0), if the lexeme is known to be loaned
UncertaintyAsUniques	if TRUE, every ? in the cognate will be treated as unique column
removeUncertainties	if TRUE, returns an empty numeric(0), if the cognate assignment has a ?
missingsAsUniques	if TRUE, every empty cognate will be treated as unique column. If FALSE, an empty cognate-field will be treated as missing data.

Value

returns a numeric vector of cognate classes for the given wordID and languageID. Returns -1, if the lexeme requires a unique column. Returns numeric(0), if data is missing.

KonstantinHoffmann/ABVDTools documentation built on Dec. 14, 2021, 11:48 a.m.