EVALUATIVE MORPHOLOGY AND (MOR)PHONOLOGICAL CHANGES IN DIMINUTIVES OF INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES
EVALUATIVE MORPHOLOGY AND (MOR)PHONOLOGICAL CHANGES IN DIMINUTIVES OF INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES
Author(s): Renáta GregováSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: diminutives; evaluative morphology; sound symbolism
Summary/Abstract: Universal 1926 maintains that front vowels and palatal consonants prevail in diminutives. This sound symbolism was not proved. However, evaluative morphemes seem to trigger (mor)phonological changes in stems, which are not part of evaluative morphology. This paper aims to verify this hypothesis on a sample of Indo-European languages.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: 17
- Page Range: 333-343
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English