Diminutive Word Formation Models in the Buryat Language and Their Semantics
Tsybenova Chechek Sergeevna
Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Submitted: 11.11.2021
Abstract. The study aims to consider the features peculiar to the formation of diminutive forms of nouns in the Buryat language from the perspective of functional semantics. The paper notes that diminutive forms represent ways of expressing subjective assessment and are one of the means of expressing emotive meaning. Scientific novelty lies in analysing in a comprehensive manner various ways of forming diminutive forms of nouns in the Buryat language. The paper identifies the following models: affixal/synthetic; non-affixal/analytical; mixed. As a result of the study, it has been found that the diminutive category in the Buryat language is less elaborate than in Russian. Diminutives most often realise ameliorative assessment, are used to express respect and reverence.
Key words and phrases: функциональная семантика, словообразование, деминутив, уменьшительно-ласкательные формы слов, бурятский язык, functional semantics, word formation, diminutive, diminutive-hypocoristic forms of words, Buryat language
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