Get the Wordbank by-item data

Usage

get_item_data(language = NULL, form = NULL, db_args = NULL)

Arguments

language: An optional string specifying which language's items to retrieve.
form: An optional string specifying which form's items to retrieve.
db_args: List with arguments to connect to wordbank mysql database (host, dbname, user, and password).

Value

A data frame where each row is a CDI item and each column is a variable about it: item_id, item_kind (e.g. word, gestures, word_endings), item_definition, english_gloss,

language, form, form_type, category

(meaning-based group as shown on the CDI form), lexical_category,

lexical_class, complexity_category, uni_lemma).

Examples

# \donttest{
english_ws_items <- get_item_data("English (American)", "WS")
all_items <- get_item_data()
# }