Formation of Adjectival Diminutives in the Prizren–Timok Dialects of Serbian and in Bulgarian: A Comparative Analysis

Abstract

This article describes the semantic category of adjectival diminutives and defines their relationship to nominal diminutives. It provides an overview of research to date on the formation of adjectival diminutives in the Prizren–Timok dialects and in Bulgarian, and then it analyzes them from the perspective of word formation.