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Diminutives in Romance Languages


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Diminutives in Romance Languages
A paper on the uses of diminutives in Romance languages, and the effects of missing diminutives on the English language.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages) | 3 sources | MLA | 2004 United States


Paper Summary:

This paper explains that speakers of a language such as English in which the grammatical diminutive plays an insignificant part, the fact that other languages use the diminutive so frequently can seem rather quaint. The paper goes on to say that the diminutive is a highly useful grammatical structure, one that speakers of languages without a diminutive have to compensate for in various often less than elegant ways. This paper examines the grammatical diminutive in the Romance languages.

From the Paper:

"For speakers of a language such as English in which the grammatical diminutive plays an insignificant part, the fact that other languages use the diminutive so frequently can seem rather quaint. But the diminutive is, in fact, a highly useful grammatical structure, one that speakers of languages without a diminutive or with an anemic diminutive, as is the case in English, have to compensate for in various (often less than elegant) ways. This paper examines the grammatical diminutive in the Romance languages. We should begin by defining the grammatical..."

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APA Citation:

Diminutives in Romance Languages (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Diminutives-in-Romance-Languages/73016

MLA Citation:

"Diminutives in Romance Languages" 15 January 2012. Web. 13 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Diminutives-in-Romance-Languages/73016>




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