Word family dictionary — Wortfamilienwörterbuch
A word family dictionary is a language dictionary that summarizes the vocabulary to be dealt with (currently only one language) not alphabetically as in etymological dictionaries , but in a semasiological- word formation-related order according to word families . The aim of word family dictionaries is to represent the relationships between the word formation of the vocabulary of a language synchronously and / or diachronically . Currently, these dictionaries are mainly designed as educational dictionaries . In addition to German, this new type of dictionary is also available for Russian and French.
Examples
- A. Pinloche: Etymological dictionary of the German language. Contains: a picture dictionary with explanatory legends for 5700 illustrations, a list of proper names and a grammatical overview. Larousse et al., Paris et al. 1922.
- Gerhard Augst : Lexicon for word formation. Morpheme inventory. Narr, Tübingen 1975, ISBN 3-87808-624-5 .
- Louis Jay Herman (Hrsg.): A Dictionary of Slavic Word Families. Columbia University Press, New York NY u. a. 1975, ISBN 0-231-03927-1.
- Howard H. Keller: A German Word Family Dictionary. Together with English Equivalents. University of California Press, Berkeley CA u. a. 1978, ISBN 0-520-03291-8.
- Gerhard Augst: Word family dictionary of contemporary German. In collaboration with Karin Müller, Heidemarie Lagner and Anja Reichmann. Niemeyer, Tübingen 1998. ISBN 3-484-73033-1 .
- Jochen Splett: German word family dictionary. Analysis of the word family structures in contemporary German language, at the same time laying the foundations for a future structural history of the German vocabulary. 18 volumes (11549 pages in total). de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 2009, ISBN 978-3-11-021746-9 .
- Boris Parashkewow: words and names of the same origin and structure. Lexicon of etymological duplicates in German. Walter de Gruyter Verlag, Berlin — New York 2004
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- Gerhard Augst: New Trends in the Research on Word-Family-Dictionaries. In: Studia Anglica Posnaniensis, XXV–XXVII, 1991–1993, 183–197.
- Gerhard Augst: Word family dictionary of contemporary German . In collaboration with Karin Müller, Heidemarie Lagner and Anja Reichmann. Niemeyer, Tübingen 1998. ISBN 978-3-484-11006-9 .
- Helmut Glück (Hrsg.): Metzler-Lexikon Sprache . 4th edition; Verlag JB Metzler, Stuttgart and Weimar, 2010, ISBN 3-476-02335-4
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family — The meaning of word family necessarily depends on field of law in which word is used, purpose intended to be accomplished by its use, and facts and circumstances of each case. LeRoux v. Edmundson, 276 Minn. 120, 148 N.W.2d 812, 814. Most commonly … Black’s law dictionary
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I was wondering there are any dictionaries/a dictionary that if I search for a word, for example: news, the dictionary will provide its word family or any types of usages related to this word, for example: news -> {reading, magazine, politics, amusing, global warming, accident, ..}.
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The Macmillan Dictionary often provides example usages, along with the meanings, of words.
See this definition of news, for example.
answered Feb 16, 2014 at 0:35
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Thanks for all your comments. I found exactly what I need (reverse dictionary): http://www.wordinaire.com/
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Word families are groups of words that go together. They have similar or common features or patterns. They can occur in the prefix, the suffix, or in the root word itself. They are sometimes referred to as groups or chunks. Word families all have the same combinations of letters somewhere in the word. They frequently appear in poems and rhymes (especially nursery rhymes). For example:
“Jack and Jill
Went up the hill,
To fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down,
And broke his crown.
And Jill came tumbling after.”
Word families can be an important tool when teaching people to read or speak a language. New readers are able to recognize the word patterns, and teachers help them to understand the combinations and sounds.
The National Council of Teachers of English has identified 37 different word families. They are listed below with examples of words that are included in the family.
Ack | Ain | Ake | Ale |
Attack | Brain | Awake | Ale |
Back | Chain | Bake | Bale |
Knack | Complain | Cake | Dale |
Lack | Explain | Lake | Female |
Quack | Gain | Make | Gale |
Rack | Pain | Quake | Male |
Sack | Plain | Rake | Pale |
Snack | Strain | Sake | Sale |
Tack | Train | Snake | Tale |
Whack | Vain | Take | Whale |
All | Ame | An | Ank |
Ball | Blame | Ban | Bank |
Call | Came | Bran | Blank |
Fall | Dame | Can | Crank |
Hall | Fame | Fan | Drank |
Mall | Game | Japan | Flank |
Small | Lame | Pan | Rank |
Squall | Name | Pecan | Shrank |
Stall | Same | Scan | Spank |
Tall | Shame | Tan | Tank |
Wall | Tame | Van | Thank |
Ap | Ash | At | Ate |
Cap | Cash | At | Abate |
Clap | Clash | Brat | Ate |
Flap | Crash | Cat | Debate |
Lap | Dash | Chat | Fat |
Map | Hash | Fat | Grate |
Scrap | Lash | Mat | Late |
Slap | Mash | Rat | Mate |
Tap | Rash | Slat | Plate |
Trop | Splash | That | Skate |
Wrap | Stash | Vat | State |
Aw | Ay | Eat | Ell |
Claw | Away | Beat | Bell |
Draw | Clay | Bleat | Cell |
Flaw | Day | Cheat | Dell |
Jaw | Display | Cleat | Dwell |
Law | Gay | Heat | Farewell |
Paw | Pray | Meat | Fell |
Raw | Ray | Neat | Hell |
Saw | Stay | Seat | Sell |
Straw | Today | Treat | Tell |
Thaw | Tray | Wheat | Yell |
Est | Ice | Ine | Ide |
Best | Dice | Brine | Bride |
Chest | Ice | Decline | Decide |
Crest | Lice | Define | Guide |
Jest | Mice | Dine | Hide |
Nest | Price | Fine | Ride |
Pest | Rice | Mine | Side |
Rest | Spice | Pine | Slide |
Test | Splice | Shrine | Stride |
Unrest | Twice | Whine | Tide |
West | Vice | Wine | Wide |
Ick | In | Ight | Ill (ill) |
Brick | Bin | Bright | Bill |
Flick | Chin | Delight | Chill |
Kick | Grin | Fight | Dill |
Lick | In | Flight | Fill |
Nick | Kin | Light | Kill |
Pick | Shin | Might | Shrill |
Sick | Skin | Night | Still |
Stick | Twin | Sight | Swill |
Thick | Win | Tight | Thrill |
Trick | Within | Tonight | Will |
Wick |
Ing | Ink | Ip | It |
Bring | Blink | Dip | Admit |
King | Drink | Grip | Bit |
Ping | Fink | Hip | Fit |
Ring | Link | Lip | Flit |
Sing | Mink | Ship | Grit |
Spring | Pink | Sip | Knit |
Sting | Rink | Snip | Lit |
String | Sink | Strip | Pit |
Thing | Stink | Trip | Quit |
Wing | Wink | Whip | Split |
Ock | Oke | Op | Ore |
Block | Awoke | Cop | Chore |
Clock | Bloke | Drop | Core |
Dock | Choke | Flop | Fore |
Frock | Joke | Hop | Gore |
Lock | Poke | Mop | More |
Mock | Smoke | Plop | Ore |
Rock | Spoke | Pop | Sore |
Shock | Stroke | Shop | Store |
Sock | Woke | Strop | Tore |
Stock | Yoke | Top | Wore |
Ot | Uck | Ug | Ump | Unk |
Clot | Buck | Bug | Bump | Bunk |
Cot | Chuck | Dug | Clump | Clunk |
Dot | Duck | Hug | Hump | Dunk |
Forgot | Luck | Jug | Jump | Funk |
Hot | Muck | Lug | Lump | Hunk |
Lot | Pluck | Mug | Plump | Junk |
Not | Struck | Rug | Rump | Punk |
Plot | Stuck | Shrug | Stump | Skunk |
Pot | Truck | Smug | Thump | Sunk |
Spot | Tuck | Thug | Trump | Trunk |
Other Word Families
There are many other word families beyond the most common 37. Below are some others that occur on a regular basis.
Ad | Ail | Am | Ar |
Ad | Ail | Clam | Afar |
Bad | Fail | Dam | Bar |
Cad | Hail | Exam | Car |
Clad | Jail | Gram | Far |
Dad | Jam | Par | |
Glad | Pail | Ram | Pillar |
Had | Rail | Slam | Scar |
Lad | Sail | Spam | Spar |
Mad | Snail | Tram | Star |
Sad | Tail | Wham | Tar |
Eet | En | Ent | Eel |
Feet | Amen | Bent | Cartwheel |
Fleet | Children | Dent | Eel |
Greet | Den | Event | Feel |
Meet | Even | Gent | Genteel |
Parakeet | Hen | Innocent | Heel |
Sheet | Men | Lent | Keel |
Street | Omen | Scent | Peel |
Sweet | Pen | Sent | Reel |
Tweet | Ten | Tent | Steel |
When | Went | Wheel |
Eep | Ile | Oat | Og |
Asleep | Bile | Boat | Blog |
Beep | File | Coat | Catalog |
Creep | Juvenile | Float | Clog |
Deep | Mile | Gloat | Defog |
Jeep | Pile | Goat | Dog |
Seep | Smile | Moat | Frog |
Sheep | Tile | Oat | Hog |
Sleep | Vile | Sloat | Hotdog |
Steep | Volatile | Sugarcoat | Jog |
Weep | While | Throat | Smog |
Oil | Ool | Oom | Oon |
Boil | Cool | Bathroom | Baboon |
Broil | Drool | Bloom | Balloon |
Charbroil | Fool | Boom | Goon |
Coil | Pool | Classroom | Maroon |
Foil | School | Doom | Moon |
Oil | Spool | Groom | Noon |
Recoil | Stool | Loom | Soon |
Soil | Tool | Room | Spoon |
Spoil | Uncool | Storeroom | Toon |
Toil | Wool | Zoom | Tycoon |
Topsoil |
Oop | Ow | Ought |
Coop | Blow | Afterthought |
Droop | Bow | Bought |
Goop | Crow | Brought |
Hoop | Flow | Forethought |
Loop | Grow | Fought |
Scoop | Mow | Ought |
Snoop | Row | Overthought |
Stoop | Show | Overwrought |
Swoop | Snow | Thought |
Troop | Tow | Wrought |
Placement in Words
There are many other word families, and they can occur anywhere in a word. Some examples are:
A meaning “on” |
Act meaning “do” |
Dis meaning “un” |
Adrift, | Actor | Disagree |
Aside | Action | Dishonest |
Ashore | Activate | Disavow |
Ject meaning “to throw” |
Gen meaning “to produce” |
Poly meaning “many” |
Eject | General | Polygamy |
Interject | Generate | Monopoly |
Subject | Pathogen | Polyester |
Risk of Focusing on Word Families
There is one pitfall that new readers can encounter when learning word families. Because they focus so much attention on the second part of the word, they can skip over the first part. They then have to go back to the start of the word.
This results in jerky eye movement. Instead of a steady progression across the page from left to right, the reader jumps around. This could actually reinforce dyslexic tendencies.
Conclusion:
Word families help students to learn to read and pronounce English. Because they learn to recognize the “chunks” of words that are in each family, they can make connections to other words. This helps new readers correctly predict how other words will sound.
New readers are able to take single-syllable words and break them down. There will often be a consonant at the start of the word and a word family group at the end. By breaking down even short words, the new reader is able to improve their spelling, understand new words (by comparing them to old), and improve their reading fluency.
By using the 37 common word families, new readers will be able to learn an estimated 500 words. If other word families are included, the number of new words can grow dramatically.
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Last Updated on May 20, 2021