dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Coopmans, P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Tuijl, R.W. van | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-04T18:00:34Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-09-04T18:00:34Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/37478 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study investigates the Dutch diminutive paradigm, with its five suffixal allomorphs (-je, -tje, -kje, -pje, -etje), in relation to the Tolerance Principle of dr. Charles Yang. The Tolerance Principle lets us determine if a system can be productive or not. By studying the frequency of the allomorphs and the environments in which they occur, we can determine if a productive rule system can be found for the Dutch diminutives. In order to collect the necessary data I conducted a corpus study and an experimental study (a WUG-test) on Dutch diminutives. Applying the Tolerance Principle to the resulting data, determined that a productive system can be found for the Dutch diminutive paradigm. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
dc.format.extent | 756227 | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.title | The productivity of Dutch diminutives | |
dc.type.content | Master Thesis | |
dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
dc.subject.keywords | linguistics, language, Tolerance Principle, acquisition, WUG-test, Dutch diminutives, productivity, computational, corpus | |
dc.subject.courseuu | Linguistics | |