Approximation through suffixation: -ḍḍu/-a in Sicilian

This article investigates the use of the Sicilian suffix -ḍḍu/-a for the expression of approximation. On the basis of a survey of a corpus of ethnotexts and the outputs of a translation questionnaire, we propose that approximation is a core value in the semantic network of the suffix, expressing a c...

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Main Authors: Luisa Brucale, Egle Mocciaro
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main 2023-04-01
Series:Zeitschrift für Wortbildung
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