Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Abbreviations xi
4. Introduction 1
5. I. Emotive Signs 5
6. II. Derived Substantives with Emotive Meaning 35
7. III. Structural Characteristics of Diminutives 55
8. IV. Semantic and Contextual Functioning of Diminutives 89
9. V. Pragmatic Analysis of Diminutives 149
10. VI. Semantic Structure of Derived Substantives 177
11. VII. Typology of Emotive Signs 219
12. VIII. Emotive Semantics 231
13. Conclusions 249
14. Sources and Their Abbreviations as Used in Text 251
15. Bibliography 255