Diminutives in English /
That 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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tübingen :
Max Niemeyer,
2003.
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Colección: | Linguistische Arbeiten (Max Niemeyer Verlag) ;
479. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- 0. Aims, claims and structure of the present study
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Researching diminutives: the state of the art
- 3. Researching diminutives: integrating grammatical and pragmatic pespectives
- 4. Grammatical aspects of English diminutives
- 5. Diminutive use in English conversation
- 6. Summary and perspectives
- References