Diminutives as Intimacy Expressions in English and Armenian

Authors

  • Shushan Khachikyan Department of English for Cross-Cultural Communication, Yerevan State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46991/AFA/2015.11.2.078

Keywords:

diminutives, intimacy expressions, emotions, attitudes, individual diminutive systems, culture, conceptualization of intimacy

Abstract

Diminutives are an important means of expressing attitudes and emotions in both English and Armenian. Diminutives as intimacy expressions have been much studied in English, meanwhile this aspect of communication has received less scholarly attention in Armenian. The comparative analysis of English and Armenian diminutives carried out in the present paper demonstrates the linguistic differences between Armenian and English diminutive systems, and comes to prove that the conceptualization of intimacy may vary across cultures.

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Published

2015-10-15

How to Cite

Khachikyan, S. (2015). Diminutives as Intimacy Expressions in English and Armenian. Armenian Folia Anglistika, 11(2 (14), 78–83. https://doi.org/10.46991/AFA/2015.11.2.078

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 2 (14) (2015)

Section

Linguistics

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Copyright (c) 2015 Armenian Folia Anglistika

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