ON THE DIMINUTIVE IN ENGLISH
ON THE DIMINUTIVE IN ENGLISH
Author(s): Éva KovácsSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: diminutives; categories; fuzziness; family resemblance
Summary/Abstract: The term ’dimunitive’ is generally supposed to convey the meaning ’small’. The primary aim of my paper is to show that the dimunitive in English doesn’t have this single meaning, but instead constitutes a category of meanings which behave in a variety of distinct ways. Nevertheless, they appear to be related to one another, exhibiting fuzziness and family resemblance.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: 17
- Page Range: 321-332
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English