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020 _a9783110929553
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024 7 _a10.1515/9783110929553
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035 _a(DE-B1597)9783110929553
035 _a(DE-B1597)45700
035 _a(OCoLC)979765549
040 _aDE-B1597
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082 0 4 _a425 .92
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aSchneider, Klaus P.
_eautore
245 1 0 _aDiminutives in English /
_cKlaus P. Schneider.
250 _aReprint 2012
264 1 _aTübingen :
_bMax Niemeyer Verlag,
_c[2012]
264 4 _c©2003
300 _a1 online resource (254 p.)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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490 0 _aLinguistische Arbeiten ,
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tAcknowledgements --
_tContents --
_tAbbreviations --
_t0. Aims, claims and structure of the present study --
_t1. Introduction --
_t2. Researching diminutives: the state of the art --
_t3. Researching diminutives: integrating grammatical and pragmatic pespectives --
_t4. Grammatical aspects of English diminutives --
_t5. Diminutive use in English conversation --
_t6. Summary and perspectives --
_tReferences
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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520 _aThat English has no diminutives is a common myth. The present study shows, however, that English does possess diminutives, and not only analytic but also synthetic diminutive markers. Analytic markers include, first and foremost, little, as well as other adjectives from the same word field, whereas the inventory of synthetic markers comprises suffixes as, for instance, -ie, -ette, -let, -kin, -een, -s, -er, -poo and -pegs. These markers are examined from a grammatical and a pragmatic perspective in an integrative formal-functional framework. The grammatical perspective involves phonological, morphological and semantic features, while the pragmatic perspective involves pragmalinguistic as well as sociopragmatic features on the levels of the speech act and larger interactive units in dialogue. The findings reveal that English diminutive suffixes are, in fact, among the most productive suffixes of the English language. While the suffixes share a number of features, each has developed its own profile, specifically regarding semantic and pragmatic features. In everyday conversation, there is a division of labour between the synthetic and the analytic type of formation concerning the communicative functions of diminutives and their distribution in discourse. The choice of formal device and its function depend crucially on pragmatic factors, notably on the illocution, the interactive status, the realisation strategy, and the politeness value of the utterances in which diminutives are employed, and also on the relationship between the interlocutors.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Feb 2023)
650 0 _aEnglish language
_xDiminutives.
650 4 _aDiminutiv.
650 4 _aEnglisch.
650 4 _aGesprochene Sprache.
650 4 _aWortbildung.
650 7 _aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.
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850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9783110929553
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110929553
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