Towards a relevance-theoretic approach to the diminutive morpheme
This paper intends to lay the foundations for a relevance-theoretic approach to the diminutive morpheme. In many languages, this morpheme is attached to nouns, adjectives, adverbs or verbs. It frequently nuances their referents by providing information concerning the smallness, littleness or scarcit...
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| Language: | English |
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Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Russian Journal of Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/article/viewFile/25303/18935 |