Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. 1. Form and meaning of diminutives in Lithuanian child language 13
5. 2. Diminutives in Russian at the early stages of acquisition 43
6. 3. The acquisition of diminutives in Croatian 73
7. 4. Diminutives in Greek child language 89
8. 5. The role of diminutives in the acquisition of Italian morphology 125
9. 6. The acquisition of diminutives in Spanish 155
10. 7. A longitudinal study of the acquisition of diminutives in Dutch 183
11. 8. Diminutives and hypocoristics in Austrian German (AG) 207
12. 9. Acquisition of diminutives in Hungarian 231
13. 10. Diminutives in Finnish child-directed and child speech 263
14. 11. The (scarcity of) diminutives in Turkish child language 279
15. 12. Acquiring diminutive structures and meanings in Hebrew 295
16. 13. Diminutives provide multiple benefits for language acquisition 319
17. Conclusions 343
18. Subject index 351