Los hipocorísticos griegos en –ις: contribución a la interpretación semántica del tema en –ι

Carlos Monzó Gallo

doi:10.5209/CFCG.63582

Greek hypocoristics with –ις ending: a contribution to the semantic understanding of ι–stem noun category

Carlos Monzó Gallo University of Valencia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/CFCG.63582

Keywords: Hypocoristics, Anthroponyms, ι–stem nouns, Diminutive

Abstract

The Ancient Greek –ις hypocoristic personal names show some relevant characteristic traits shared with other world languages’ hypocoristic names, particularly /–i/ expressive and affectionate suffix. Our aim in this paper is to identify a meaning for /–i/ noun stem suffix through a cross–linguistic and comparative analysis of the Greek clipped proper names with /–i/ ending in order to open new views for the semantic understanding of ι–stem noun category.

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Monzó Gallo, C. (2019). Greek hypocoristics with –ις ending: a contribution to the semantic understanding of ι–stem noun category. Cuadernos de Filología Clásica. Estudios Griegos E Indoeuropeos, 29, 11-32. https://doi.org/10.5209/CFCG.63582

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