The Acquisition of Diminutives
A cross-linguistic perspective
Editors
| Vytautas Magnus University
| University of Vienna
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, empathy, and sympathy, which make diminutives particularly appropriate for child-centred communication. A main topic of this book is the relation of emergence and early development between diminutives and other categories of word formation and inflection. The greater degree of morphological productivity and transparency, as well as phonological saliency, favors the use of diminutives. In this case diminutives may facilitate the acquisition of inflection.
[Language Acquisition and Language Disorders, 43] 2007. vi, 352 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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IntroductionIneta Savickienė and Wolfgang U. Dressler | pp. 1–12
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1. Form and meaning of diminutives in Lithuanian child languageIneta Savickienė | pp. 13–41
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2. Diminutives in Russian at the early stages of acquisitionEkaterina Protassova and Maria D. Voeikova | pp. 43–72
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3. The acquisition of diminutives in CroatianMarijan Palmovic | pp. 73–88
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4. Diminutives in Greek child languageEvangelia Thomadaki and Ursula Stephany | pp. 89–123
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5. The role of diminutives in the acquisition of Italian morphologySabrina Noccetti, Anna De Marco, Livia Tonelli and Wolfgang U. Dressler | pp. 125–153
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6. The acquisition of diminutives in Spanish: a useful deviceVictoria Marrero, Carmen Aguirre and María José Albalá | pp. 155–181
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7. A longitudinal study of the acquisition of diminutives in DutchAgnita Souman and Steven Gillis | pp. 183–206
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8. Diminutives and hypocoristics in Austrian German (AG)Katharina Korecky-Kröll and Wolfgang U. Dressler | pp. 207–230
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9. Acquisition of diminutives in HungarianPéter Bodor and Virág Barcza | pp. 231–262
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10. Diminutives in Finnish child-directed and child speechKlaus Laalo | pp. 263–278
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11. The (scarcity of) diminutives in Turkish child languageF. Nihan Ketrez and Ayhan Aksu-Koç | pp. 279–293
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12. Acquiring diminutive structures and meanings in Hebrew: An experimental studyAnat Hora, Galit Ben-Zvi, Ronit Levie and Dorit Ravid | pp. 295–317
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13. Diminutives provide multiple benefits for language acquisitionVera Kempe, Patricia J. Brooks and Steven Gillis | pp. 319–342
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ConclusionsIneta Savickienė and Wolfgang U. Dressler | pp. 343–349
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Subject index | pp. 351–352
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BIC Subject: CF – Linguistics
BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General