What is Word family?
A '''word family''' is the base form of a word plus its [[Inflection|inflected]] forms made with [[affix]]es.<ref>Hirsh D. & Nation P. 1992. What vocabulary size is needed to read unsimplified texts for pleasure?. ''Reading in a Foreign Language''. '''8'''. 689–696 [http://www.nflrc.hawaii.edu/rfl/PastIssues/rfl82hirsh.pdf]{{Dead link|date=March 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The idea is that a [[base word]] and its inflected forms support the same core [[wikt:meaning|meaning]]. A learner needs to understand both the base word and the affix. == References == {{Reflist}} * {{citation|last1=Bauer|first1=L|last2=Nation|first2=P|title=Word Families|year=1993 |journal=International Journal of Lexicography|volume=6|issue=4|pages=253–279|doi=10.1093/ijl/6.4.253|issn=|url=http://ijl.oxfordjournals.org/content/6/4/253.full.pdf}} ([http://ijl.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/6/4/253 abstract]) [[Category:Words]] {{stub}}