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<p>utrecht</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Diminutive&#039;&#039;&#039; is a term for a special type of nouns the meaning of which can be characterized as SMALL N (where N is the predicate denoted by the noun).<br /> <br /> === Example ===<br /> <br /> Dutch diminutives are formed by adding one of the [[allomorph]]s of the suffix &#039;&#039;-tje&#039;&#039; (viz. &#039;&#039;-pje&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;-kje&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;-etje&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;-je&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;-tje&#039;&#039;) to nouns. (i) gives a number of relevant examples:<br /> <br /> (i) raam &#039;window&#039; raam-pje &#039;small window&#039;<br /> koning &#039;king&#039; koning-kje &#039;small king&#039;<br /> pan &#039;pan&#039; pann-etje &#039;small pan&#039;<br /> hok &#039;cage&#039; hok-je &#039;small cage&#039;<br /> baan &#039;job&#039; baan-tje &#039;small job&#039;<br /> <br /> === Link ===<br /> <br /> [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Diminutive&amp;lemmacode=1081 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]<br /> <br /> === References ===<br /> <br /> * Katamba, F. 1989. &#039;&#039;An Introduction to Phonology,&#039;&#039; Longmans, London.<br /> * Zonneveld, W. &amp;amp; M. Trommelen 1980. &#039;&#039;Egg, Onion, ouch! on the representation of Dutch diphtongs,&#039;&#039; in: Zonneveld, W. (ed.) Studies in Dutch Phonology, Nijhoff, Den Haag.<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Morphology]]</div>

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