Diminutive -i in early child Hebrew: An initial analysis

摘要: Diminutive forms in Hebrew derive from two sources : one is foreign borrowing of (mostly) Russian, Judeo-Spanish and Yiddish suffixes (e.g. -le motkale sweety'). Another internal to (Avineri 1964). Modern employs productive mechanisms for deriving diminutive nouns adjectives suffixation kos glass', kos-it wineglass') reduplication kaxol blue', kxalxal light blue'). According Bolozky (1994) the most marker -on barvaz-on little duck'). In this paper, are studied speech 8 Hebrew-speaking children between ages 1;2 3;03. The analysis shows clearly that none productively uses any devices adult speech. Instead, they all use frozen complex suffixed by -i. paper proposes types primary complex, discusses possible reasons implications distinction