SOME SPECIFIC MODELS FOR FORMATION OF DIMINUTIVES AND AUGMENTATIVES
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2023
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Plovdiv University Press "Paisii Hilendarski"
Abstract
The current paper aims to compare a group of diminutives – the so called diminutives
pluralia tantum, for example крачка, хорица, дечица, ботушки,
картофки – and a group of augmentatives, such as калища, гьолища, месища,
телеса, etc., which are used in plural and do not have augmentative correlates in singular.
The formation, the semantic and stylistic features of both groups of nouns are
examined. We try to answer the question, whether the augmentatives explored here are
pluralia tantum or they are parallel expressive plural forms of nouns in singular.
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Diminutives pluralia tantum, augmentatives, expressiveness