Lexical Diminutive Designations of Person in English

Abstract

The issue of lexical diminutive designations of person in English is discussed in the article. The specificity of diminutives as a type of derived word is determined, the structure of lexical diminutives is analyzed, types of affixes serving to their formation are established. Emotional-evaluation character of hypocoristic suffixes and semantic features of the lexemes under study are described.