Diminutive Constructions in English

Table Of Contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• About the author
• About the book
• This eBook can be cited
• Contents
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• 1 Diminutives – theoretical background
• 1.1 Overview of definitions
• 1.2 Word class of input and output in diminutive formation
• 1.3 Diminutive formation
• 1.3.1 Derivational prefixation
• 1.3.2 Inflexional affixation
• 1.3.3 Reduplication
• 1.3.4 Compounding
• 1.3.5 Clipping
• 1.3.6 Suffixation
• 1.3.7 Analytic diminutive formation
• 1.4 Meaning carried by diminutives
• 1.5 Conclusion – characteristic features of diminutives
• 2 Research on diminutives
• 2.1 Traditional approaches to diminutives
• 2.2 Multifunctionality of affixes. The puzzling notion of quasi-diminutives
• 2.3 Acquisition of diminutives
• 2.4 Cognitive approaches to diminutives
• 2.4.1 Carlos Inchaurralde’s explanation of diminutive meaning through personal space schemata
• 2.4.2 Ruiz de Mendoza’s explanation of diminutive meaning through the ICM of size
• 2.4.3 The diminutive as a polysemous ‘macro’-category
• 2.4.4 Universal radial category for the diminutive
• 2.4.5 Comments on the cognitive approaches to diminutives
• 2.5 Pragmatic approaches to diminutives
• 2.5.1 Diminutives in emotive semantics
• 2.5.2 Diminutives across cultures
• 2.5.3 Morphopragmatics of diminutives
• 2.5.4 Diminutives in discourse
• 2.6 Diminutives in translation
• 2.7 Conclusion
• 3 General premises and current theories of Construction Grammar
• 3.1 Basic tenets of Construction Grammar
• 3.2 Constructions in the view of Construction Grammar
• 3.3 Construction Morphology
• 3.4 Conclusion
• 4 English diminutives in the perspective of constructional approaches to language
• 4.1 Inheritance hierarchy for coinages with diminutive suffixes
• 4.2 The {LET} suffix
• 4.2.1 Background information on the {LET} suffix
• 4.2.2 CM analysis of the formations with the suffix {LET}
• 4.3 The {LING} suffix
• 4.3.1 Background information on the {LING} suffix
• 4.3.2 CM analysis of formations with the suffix {LING}
• 4.4 The {ETTE} suffix
• 4.4.1 Background information on the {ETTE} suffix
• 4.4.2 CM analysis of formations with the suffix {ETTE}
• 4.5 Diminutive formation involving multiple suffixes
• 4.5.1 Background information on the {ER} + {S} suffix combination
• 4.5.2 CM analysis of formations with {ER} + {S}
• 4.5.3 Background information on the {KIN} + {S} and {IE} + {KIN} + {S} suffix combinations
• 4.5.4 CM analysis of formations with {KIN} + {S} and {IE} + {KIN} + {S}
• 4.6 Conclusions following the CM analysis of synthetic diminutive formation
• 4.7 Analytic diminutives in the perspective of CxG
• 4.7.1 Constructional approach to translation
• 4.7.2 Constructional outlook on the definitions of diminutives
• 4.7.3 Analytic diminutives in English in the perspective of the constructional view of translation
• Summary
• Appendix
• List of figures
• List of tables
• References
• Series index