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Diminutives in English

By: Klaus P. Schneider

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That English has no diminutives is a common myth. The present study shows, however, that English does possess diminutives, and not only analytic but also synthetic diminutive markers. Analytic markers include, first and foremost, little, as well as other adjectives from the same word field, whereas the inventory of synthetic markers comprises suffixes as, for instance, -ie, -ette, -let, -kin, -een, -s, -er, -poo and -pegs. These markers are examined from a grammatical and a pragmatic perspective in an integrative formal-functional framework. The grammatical perspective involves phonological, morphological and semantic features, while the pragmatic perspective involves pragmalinguistic as well as sociopragmatic features on the levels of the speech act and larger interactive units in dialogue. The findings reveal that English diminutive suffixes are, in fact, among the most productive suffixes of the English language. While the suffixes share a number of features, each has developed its own profile, specifically regarding semantic and pragmatic features. In everyday conversation, there is a division of labour between the synthetic and the analytic type of formation concerning the communicative functions of diminutives and their distribution in discourse. The choice of formal device and its function depend crucially on pragmatic factors, notably on the illocution, the interactive status, the realisation strategy, and the politeness value of the utterances in which diminutives are employed, and also on the relationship between the interlocutors.

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Walter de Gruyter

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3110929554

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Advanced Information Systems Engineering

13th International Conference, CAiSE 2001, Interlaken, Switzerland, June 4-8, 2001. Proceedings

By: Klaus R. Dittrich,Andreas Geppert

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Advanced Information Systems Engineering

13th International Conference, CAiSE 2001, Interlaken, Switzerland, June 4-8, 2001. Proceedings

By: Klaus R. Dittrich,Andreas Geppert

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2001, held in Interlaken, Switzerland in June 2001. The 27 revised full papers presented together with three invited papers, three experience reports, and a panel summary were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 97 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on requirements engineering, agent-based approaches, workflow managment, data models and design, reuse and method engineering, XML and information systems integration, evolution, and conceptual modeling.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540422153

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9783540422150

Model Checking Software

15th International SPIN Workshop, Los Angeles, CA, USA, August 10-12, 2008, Proceedings

By: Klaus Havelund,Rupak Majumdar

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Model Checking Software

15th International SPIN Workshop, Los Angeles, CA, USA, August 10-12, 2008, Proceedings

By: Klaus Havelund,Rupak Majumdar

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International SPIN workshop on Model Checking Software, SPIN 2008, held in Los Angeles, CA, USA, in August 2008. The 17 revised full papers presented together with 1 tool paper and 4 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 41 submissions. The main focus of the workshop series is software systems, including models and programs. The papers cover theoretical and algorithmic foundations as well as tools for software model checking and foster interactions and exchanges of ideas with related areas in software engineering, such as static analysis, dynamic analysis, and testing.

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3540851135

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