Faktoren von Frequenz und Produktivität von Diminution in frühen Dialekterhebungen des Deutschen

This paper examines the productivity of diminution – mainly on the noun – in two large-scale surveys of German dialects of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The starting point is the basic question whether German dialects use differently dimintutive suffixes and which dialect uses diminutives more...

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Main Author: Lea Schäfer
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Published: Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main 2024-04-01
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description This paper examines the productivity of diminution – mainly on the noun – in two large-scale surveys of German dialects of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The starting point is the basic question whether German dialects use differently dimintutive suffixes and which dialect uses diminutives more frequently than others. In addition to morphological and semantic aspects, this question is linked to numerous sociolinguistic, methodological, and phonotactic factors. This leads for example to the general problem, to what extent dialect stereotypes influence classical dialect surveys. The approach is strictly empirical: The data discussed first are translations of the „Parable of the Prodigal Son“ (Luke 15:11–32) into German dialects from the early 19th century are examined (Radlof 1817; Stalder 1819). Subsequently an abbreviated sample of dialect translations of the 40 Wenker sentences from the late 19th and early 20th century is analyzed. Based on these datasets, different influencing factors are discussed that guide the use (and non-use) of diminutives.
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spelling doaj-art-8c0837da189a436cab3cf7ea6dcbc7992025-08-20T03:45:28ZdeuUniversitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am MainZeitschrift für Wortbildung2367-38772024-04-01814192https://doi.org/10.21248/zwjw.2024.1.101Faktoren von Frequenz und Produktivität von Diminution in frühen Dialekterhebungen des DeutschenLea Schäfer0Philipps-Universität MarburgThis paper examines the productivity of diminution – mainly on the noun – in two large-scale surveys of German dialects of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The starting point is the basic question whether German dialects use differently dimintutive suffixes and which dialect uses diminutives more frequently than others. In addition to morphological and semantic aspects, this question is linked to numerous sociolinguistic, methodological, and phonotactic factors. This leads for example to the general problem, to what extent dialect stereotypes influence classical dialect surveys. The approach is strictly empirical: The data discussed first are translations of the „Parable of the Prodigal Son“ (Luke 15:11–32) into German dialects from the early 19th century are examined (Radlof 1817; Stalder 1819). Subsequently an abbreviated sample of dialect translations of the 40 Wenker sentences from the late 19th and early 20th century is analyzed. Based on these datasets, different influencing factors are discussed that guide the use (and non-use) of diminutives.diminutiondialektestereotypeerhebungsmethodenproduktivitätfrequenz
spellingShingle Lea Schäfer
Faktoren von Frequenz und Produktivität von Diminution in frühen Dialekterhebungen des Deutschen
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diminution
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erhebungsmethoden
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frequenz
title Faktoren von Frequenz und Produktivität von Diminution in frühen Dialekterhebungen des Deutschen
title_full Faktoren von Frequenz und Produktivität von Diminution in frühen Dialekterhebungen des Deutschen
title_fullStr Faktoren von Frequenz und Produktivität von Diminution in frühen Dialekterhebungen des Deutschen
title_full_unstemmed Faktoren von Frequenz und Produktivität von Diminution in frühen Dialekterhebungen des Deutschen
title_short Faktoren von Frequenz und Produktivität von Diminution in frühen Dialekterhebungen des Deutschen
title_sort faktoren von frequenz und produktivitat von diminution in fruhen dialekterhebungen des deutschen
topic diminution
dialekte
stereotype
erhebungsmethoden
produktivität
frequenz
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