In:The Acquisition of Diminutives: A cross-linguistic perspective
Edited by Ineta Savickienė and Wolfgang U. Dressler
[Language Acquisition and Language Disorders 43] 2007
► pp. v–vi
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Published online: 18 January 2007
https://doi.org/10.1075/lald.43.toc
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Table of contents
Introduction
1. Form and meaning of diminutives in Lithuanian child language
2. Diminutives in Russian at the early stages of acquisition
3. The acquisition of diminutives in Croatian
4. Diminutives in Greek child language
5. The role of diminutives in the acquisition of Italian morphology
6. The acquisition of diminutives in Spanish: a useful device
7. A longitudinal study of the acquisition of diminutives in Dutch
8. Diminutives and hypocoristics in Austrian German (AG)
9. Acquisition of diminutives in Hungarian
10. Diminutives in Finnish child-directed and child speech
11. The (scarcity of) diminutives in Turkish child language
12. Acquiring diminutive structures and meanings in Hebrew: An experimental study
13. Diminutives provide multiple benefits for language acquisition
Conclusions
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