Sufiksna tvorba uvećanica u hrvatskome književnome jeziku
Suffix Word Formation of Augmentatives in Croatian Literary Language

Summary/Abstract: The author presents the formation of augmentatives and their meanings. He shows that they can be formed by means of 30 suffixes, but central are 6 of them: -ina, -čina, -etina, -urina, -jurina, -usina, and in a way also -čuga, which is of recent origin and is becoming productive these days. The author focuses upon semantic and stylistic aspects of augmentatives and shows that they usually express also obsolacy, mocking. On the other hand, the Croatian augmentatives can also be used to express coziness.

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