The radial-category theory of diminutives Jurafsky (1993) surveys a variety of genetically unrelated and geographically dispersed languages to uncover ten seemingly haphazard senses that reoccur among diminutive morphemes. He organizes these senses into the universal radial category of (1), in which all other senses are derived from the core sense of ‘child’: 1. Universal radial category of dim...

The term, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS), initially proposed by Noonan and Nadas,8 describes a diminutive left ventricle with underdevelopment of mitral and aortic valves. A patent foramen ovale or an atrial septal defect is usually present. The ventricular septum is usually intact. A large patent ductus arteriosus supplies blood to the systemic circulation. Coarctation of the aorta is ...

Upper German dialects make heavy use of diminutive strategies, but little is known about the actual conceptual effects those devices. This paper first to present two large-scale psycholinguistic experiments that investigate this issue in East Franconian, a dialect spoken Bavaria. Franconian uses both suffix -la and quantifying construction weng lit. ‘a bit a’ modify noun phrases. Our experiment...