Dictionary maker

def get_counts(filename):
    result_dict = {}

    file = open(filename)
    for line in file:
            if len(word) >= 1:
                normalize(word)
            for word in file:
                if word in result_dict:
                    result_dict[word] += 1
                else:
                    result_dict[word] = 1
    return result_dict