Theoretical Principles of Researching Diminutive

Authors

  • E. Mintsys Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University
  • Yu. Mintsys Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15330/jpnu.2.2-3.29-35

Keywords:

diminutive, conceptual category, diminution, smallness, augmentative, suffix

Abstract

The article presents a survey of the diminutive-related researches and considers
diminutive on all the language levels (morphological, lexical and syntactical). It analyzes the
principal theories of the development of diminutive’s semantics and draws a distinction line
between ‚smallness‛ and ‚diminutive‛. Diminutive is viewed versus augmentative and is
presented as a conceptual category, a system of semantic criteria which collectively denote
diminution of objective characteristics of an object

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Published

2015-05-05

How to Cite

[1]
Mintsys, E. and Mintsys, Y. 2015. Theoretical Principles of Researching Diminutive . Journal of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University. 2, 2-3 (May 2015), 29–35. DOI:https://doi.org/10.15330/jpnu.2.2-3.29-35.

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2-3 (2015)

Section

Articles