Morphology and Pragmatics of the Diminutive: Evidence from Macedonian
abstract: Extensive cross-linguistic data document a wide gamut of semantic and pragmatic uses of the diminutive that revolve around the fundamental concepts of `small' and `child'. As typical inventory of informal registers, diminutives are utilized as pragmatic markers of politeness in a...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.14876 |