I'm looking for books/papers on the use of the diminutive in German and Dutch. I'm mostly looking for (recent) comparative studies on its current use in both languages, but I'd be interested in anything at all about the topic, including suffixes in different Germanic dialects, the popularity of the diminutive in given names, and even just random anecdotes. My uni library doesn't really seem to have anything useful, so... what would be a good place to look?
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Diminutive in German, Dutch
I'm looking for books/papers on the use of the diminutive in German and Dutch. I'm mostly looking for (recent) comparative studies on its current use in both languages, but I'd be interested in anything at all about the topic, including suffixes in different Germanic dialects, the popularity of the diminutive in given names, and even just random anecdotes. My uni library doesn't really seem to have anything useful, so... what would be a good place to look?
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