word associations
Explore words through word associations
features
- start with a single word and explore its associations
- rich database of word associations that builds upon the association dictionary, the most comprehensive dictionary of word associations today, combining data from:
- Edinburgh Associative Thesaurus (EAT)
- University of South Florida Free Association Norms (USF-FAN)
- wordassociation.org
- very fast lookups using stardict.js
- fully client-side and portable - works offline, too!
- zero dependency pure vanilla javascript + tiny code
- responsive mobile-first layout
screenshot / example
demo
check it out here
further reading
Read up on the efficiency of learning words through associations here:
- How to Teach Vocabulary by Word Associations to ESL Learners
- Researching vocabulary through a word knowledge framework
- 38 Language-Learning Experts Reveal Their Favorite Methods for Learning Vocabulary
- Vocabulary Learning Strategies, Schmitt
- Strategies for learning vocabulary
- Vocabulary Learning in a Second Language: Person, Task, Context and Strategies
- Word associations in a foreign language
- Connected Words: Word Associations and Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition
implementation details
Read more about achieving good performance on queries for javascript dictionaries:
- Random access to zlib compressed files
- Javascript bgzf inflation and deflation
- Read-only access to dictzip compressed files
- JavaScript library for handling dictionaries in StarDict format
MIT License
Copyright 2016 Wiktor Jakubczyc
