Chapter Pragmatic aspects of the vocative-nominative competition in addressative function across Slavic languages

The study tests the hypothesis according to which the Slavic anthroponyms in -e and -o underwent evolution from vocative endings to hypocoristic derivative suffixes and then to anthroponymic formants. According to the Author, such a hypothesis can be considered entirely plausible, albeit only as a m...

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Language:English
Published: Florence Firenze University Press 2023
Series:Biblioteca di Studi Slavistici
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