Double Diminutivization in Bulgarian and Romanian Cover Image

Dubla diminutivare în limbile bulgară și română
Double Diminutivization in Bulgarian and Romanian

Author(s): Nikolai Paskalev
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Phonetics / Phonology, Lexis, Semantics, Pragmatics, Comparative Linguistics, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Asociația Slaviștilor din România
Keywords: double diminutivization; diminutive markers; pragmatics; denotative and connotative meaning;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to describe the double and multiple diminutives in Bulgarian and Romanian. A definition of so-called double diminutivization is given and ways of expressing it are presented. A model of the semantic structure of the double and multiple diminutives is also proposed, as well as an explanation of their occurrence in communication and of their communicative functions in both languages.

  • Issue Year: LVIII/2022
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 41-47
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Romanian