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Lexical Diminutive Designations of Person in English

https://doi.org/10.35854/2541-8106-2021-3-39-43

Abstract

The issue of lexical diminutive designations of person in English is discussed in the article. The specificity of diminutives as a type of derived word is determined, the structure of lexical diminutives is analyzed, types of affixes serving to their formation are established. Emotional-evaluation character of hypocoristic suffixes and semantic features of the lexemes under study are described.

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A. S. Ososkova
Donetsk National University
Ukraine


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Ososkova A.S. Lexical Diminutive Designations of Person in English. Uchenye zapiski St. Petersburg University of Management Technologies and Economics. 2021;(3):39-43. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.35854/2541-8106-2021-3-39-43

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