On the loss of vitality of diminutive in French

  • Samuel Bidaud Université de Bourgogne
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_RFRM.2012.v29.n1.38946
Keywords: Diminutive, French language, Spanish language, lexicalization

Abstract

This paper considers the subject of the vitality of diminutives in French, lower than in other Romance languages. The author pays special attention to the use of this morpheme in Spanish, where it does have a higher frequency. The diminutive in French would be lexicalised and therefore it would have lost it vitality.

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Published
2012-05-30
How to Cite
Bidaud S. (2012). On the loss of vitality of diminutive in French. Revista de Filología Románica, 29(1), 51-58. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_RFRM.2012.v29.n1.38946
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Vol. 29 No. 1 (2012)
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