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The acquisition of diminutives : a cross-linguistic perspective /

This cross-linguistic volume innovates research of the acquisition of diminutives in the inflecting-fusional languages Lithuanian, Russian, Croatian, Greek, Italian, Spanish, German and Dutch, the agglutinating languages Turkish, Hungarian and Finnish and in the introflecting Hebrew. These languages...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Savickienė, Ineta, Dressler, Wolfgang U., 1939-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., 2007.
Colección:Language acquisition & language disorders ; v. 43.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This cross-linguistic volume innovates research of the acquisition of diminutives in the inflecting-fusional languages Lithuanian, Russian, Croatian, Greek, Italian, Spanish, German and Dutch, the agglutinating languages Turkish, Hungarian and Finnish and in the introflecting Hebrew. These languages differ in various aspects relevant for the acquisition of diminutives and the development of pragmatics in early child language. Diminutive formation often tends to be the first pattern of word formation to emerge. The main reason for this seems to lie in the pragmatic functions of endearment, empa.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vi, 352 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027292896
9027292892
1282155016
9781282155015
9786612155017
6612155019
ISSN:0925-0123 ;