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Russian Diminutives

Russian Diminutives is a morphological construct in the Russian language that consists of noun or name forms modified by suffixes to convey smallness, endearment, familiarity, or attenuation, distinguishing it from other derivational forms through its specific affective and pragmatic connotations.

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15

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2017–2026

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The ethnopragmatics of the diminutive in conversational Colombian Spanish

Catherine E. Travis · Intercultural Pragmatics · 2004 · 205 citations

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Decomposition into multiple morphemes during lexical access: A masked priming study of Russian nouns

Nina Kazanina, Galina Dukova-Zheleva, Dana Geber et al. · Language and Cognitive Processes · 2008 · 67 citations

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Diminutivization supports gender acquisition in Russian children

Vera Kempe, Patricia J. Brooks, Natalija Mironova et al. · Journal of Child Language · 2003 · 66 citations

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The Role of Diminutives in the Acquisition of Russian Gender: Can Elements of Child‐Directed Speech Aid in Learning Morphology?

Vera Kempe, Patricia J. Brooks · Language Learning · 2001 · 63 citations

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Crosslinguistic evidence for the diminutive advantage: gender agreement in Russian and Serbian children

Nada Ševa, Vera Kempe, Patricia J. Brooks et al. · Journal of Child Language · 2007 · 53 citations

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Authors

16

  1. VK
    Vera Kempe

    Abertay University, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 336 citations

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  2. PJ
    Patricia J. Brooks

    College of Staten Island, United States

    8 publications · 336 citations

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  3. NM
    Natalija Mironova

    City University of New York, United States

    4 publications · 157 citations

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  4. OF
    Olga Fedorova

    City University of New York, United States

    4 publications · 157 citations

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  5. AP
    Angelina Pershukova

    City University of New York, United States

    3 publications · 91 citations

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Institutions

15

  1. City University of New York

    New York, United States

    8 h-index

    9 publications

    358 citations

  2. College of Staten Island

    New York, United States

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    337 citations

  3. The Graduate Center, CUNY

    New York, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    141 citations

  4. University of Stirling

    Stirling, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    238 citations

  5. Abertay University

    Dundee, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    88 citations

  6. University of York

    York, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    80 citations

  7. Ottawa University

    Ottawa, United States

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    268 citations

  8. UiT The Arctic University of Norway

    Tromsø, Norway

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    20 citations

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Venues

  1. Language Learning

    4 publications · 179 citations

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  2. Journal of Child Language

    2 publications · 119 citations

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  3. British Journal of Developmental Psychology

    1 publications · 21 citations

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  4. Language and Cognitive Processes

    1 publications · 67 citations

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  5. Russian Linguistics

    1 publications · 10 citations

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