The acquisition of diminutives in Dutch

Abstract

The acquisition of diminutives by a single child between the ages of 1;5 and 2;5 is studied. The data cover the very first uses of diminutives. The child's use of diminutive word forms is analyzed quantitatively and compared with her mother's use. This comparison reveals a high correspondence between the child's and the mother's use, i.a. in terms of the frequency of the various allomorphs in the mother's language and the order of acquisition. The regularities of the allomorphic variation exhibited in the child's diminutive formation is analyzed qualitatively, and the formal and semantic concomitants are scrutinized. The hypothesis is formulated that the formal and semantic aspects of diminutive formation are not yet integrated

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