Typology of Slovene and English Diminutive Suffixes in the Framework of Distributed MorphologyKavčič, Karin (Avtor) Marvin Derganc, Tatjana (Mentor) Ilc, Gašper (Mentor) diminutivessuffixesdiminutive suffixestypologymorphologyDistributed MorphologySloveneEnglishThe thesis deals with Slovene and English diminutive suffixes. Semantic properties of diminutives are described in the beginning, followed by an overview of various diminutive formation processes in both languages. Since the research on diminutives has largely been focused on their functional properties, the thesis provides a typological analysis of the formal aspects of diminutive suffixes, focusing mainly on the place and manner of attachment in a morphological structure of the word. The framework of Distributed Morphology serves as a basis for the analysis. Considering the place of attachment in a syntactic structure, the suffixes are categorized either as being able to attach directly to a √root or being able to merge with an already categorized word. When it comes to the manner of attachment, the suffixes act as syntactic heads if they are able to change the grammatical features (e.g. grammatical gender and inflectional class) of the base. Providing they do not determine the formal properties of the base, they are defined as modifiers. The thesis provides additional support to the assertion that there is variation in the place and manner of attachment of diminutive suffixes cross-linguistically, and further shows that the variation exists even within a single language, namely Slovene.20212021-09-16 07:45:14Magistrsko delo/naloga130542VisID: 481619COBISS_ID: 80258051sl