Publication details
Verkleinerungsformen im Sprachgebiet Mährens und Schlesiens
| Title in English | Diminutives in the German Dialects in Moravia and Silesia |
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| Year of publication | 2016 |
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| Description | The polarity between diminutive suffixes -la, -le of West Bavarian origin (Northern Moravia and Schönhengst) and suffixes -l, -dl, -al of East Bavarian origin (language islands of Vyškov, Brno and Jihlava) is clearly being shaped. Transitions and rarities are not excluded at the same time. Concerning diminutive “Keil” there is a periphrastic form which prevails in the whole examined area. The suffix -lain partially occurs in Northern Moravia and Schönhengst. It has also been recorded in Jihlava and Olomouc language islands but only in isolated cases. The occurrence of the suffix -chen is limited to large cities and areas with equalizing tendencies. Middle Bavarian vocalisation of liquid in the suffix -al is documented in one case in Jihlava language island. |
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