Noun and adjective diminution in Croatian and in Macedonian language Cover Image

Imenska deminucija u hrvatskome i makedonskome jeziku
Noun and adjective diminution in Croatian and in Macedonian language

Author(s): Tomislav Ćužić
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Morphology, Semantics, Descriptive linguistics, South Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Filozofski fakultet, Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera, Osijek
Keywords: diminutives; hypocorisms; contrastive analysis; Macedonian; Croatian;

Summary/Abstract: This study compares the diminutives and/or the hypocoristica in the Croatian and Macedonian languages. The comparative and contrastive approach of the study reveals a particular degree of similarity of diminutives in these South-Slavic Languages, emphasizing that the Macedonian language has a feature of syntheticity, as does the Croatian language.

  • Issue Year: XVIII/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 227-243
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Croatian
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