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Context: I have two variables under emotion_dict that I am graphing in the same line graph.

Problem: However when I change the linetype in geom_line, it changes the appearance of both variables.

Question: Does anyone know how to alter the code below to keep the line types separate and display a key? I have done this before only with the ggline function, but that is not appropriate here.

See attached file and code below for more context:enter image description here

posneg_plot2 <- d_posneg %>%
  ggplot(mapping = aes(x=year, y=rel_freq, group=emotion_dict, colour=emotion_dict)) +
  geom_line(alpha = 1, size=0.7, linetype=2, colour="black") +
  theme_light() +
  labs(x="Year", y="Positive and Negative Sentiment (%)") +
  scale_x_continuous(breaks=seq(1970,2017,2)) +
  theme(axis.text.x=element_text(angle=45, hjust=1)) +
  scale_color_hue(labels = c("Negative Sentiment", "Positive Sentiment")) +
  labs(colour = "LIWC Dictionaries") + theme(legend.position = "bottom") +
  theme(text=element_text(family="Times New Roman", size=17))
  #stat_cor(, method = "pearson", p.accuracy = 0.001, r.accuracy = 00.01, size = 4.5, colour = "black")

EDIT: Answer below and now attempting to change the labels within the group accordingly: enter image description here

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You should be able to simply specify the field to be used for the linetype for the linetype argument within an aes mapping as follows:

posneg_plot2 <- d_posneg %>%
  ggplot(mapping = aes(x=year, y=rel_freq, group=emotion_dict, colour=emotion_dict)) +
  geom_line(aes(linetype=emotion_dict), alpha = 1, size=0.7, colour="black")
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  • $\begingroup$ Thank you @Oxbowerce! Would you know why/ how to change the label names? I am trying the below but it hasn't yet changed the labels: {r} labs(color = "LIWC Dictionaries") + scale_color_hue(labels = c("Negative Sentiment", "Positive Sentiment")) + I've also attached a new photo in the above comment. $\endgroup$
    – n.baes
    Dec 28, 2021 at 12:57
  • $\begingroup$ Which labels do you exactly mean? The labels in the legend or do you want to add labels next to the lines? $\endgroup$
    – Oxbowerce
    Dec 28, 2021 at 13:46
  • $\begingroup$ Apologies for not being clear @Oxbowerce! I mean the labels for the legend that is shown underneath "Year": emotion_dict negemo and posemo $\endgroup$
    – n.baes
    Dec 30, 2021 at 21:46
  • $\begingroup$ I think using scale_linetype_manual(labels=c("Negative Sentiment", "Positive Sentiment")) should do what you're looking for. $\endgroup$
    – Oxbowerce
    Dec 31, 2021 at 8:48
  • $\begingroup$ Hmm, I added it and this error arises: "Error: Insufficient values in manual scale. 2 needed but only 0 provided. Run rlang::last_error() to see where the error occurred." $\endgroup$
    – n.baes
    Jan 3, 2022 at 4:26

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