This article presents a preliminary typology of emotional connotations in evaluative morphology, starting with diminutives and augmentatives. I inventory the emotional meanings and connotations found in a sample of nineteen languages for diminutives, and nine languages plus a few additional regional studies for augmentatives. Given the small size of the samples, this typology can only remain preliminary, but it does highlight a number of points. Across languages and continents, diminutives can express positive emotions such as compassion, love and admiration, as well as negative emotions such as contempt. The emotional connotations of augmentatives are more limited, but display a blend of positive and negative emotions including contempt and repulsion, admiration and respect, endearment and compassion. Diminutives and augmentatives do not contrast sharply with respect to emotional valence (positive or negative), but while diminutives are anchored in intimacy, the emotions conveyed by augmentatives more often relate to broader social contexts.

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形态小语种和增强语中情感内涵的初步类型学

本文从贬义词和增强词开始，介绍了评价形态学中情感内涵的初步类型学。我盘点了在 19 种语言的样本中发现的情感意义和内涵，以及 9 种语言和一些额外的增强语区域研究。鉴于样本规模较小，这种类型学只能保持初步，但它确实突出了一些要点。跨越语言和大陆，小词可以表达积极的情绪，如同情、爱和钦佩，也可以表达消极的情绪，如蔑视。增强语的情感内涵较为有限，但表现出积极和消极情绪的混合，包括蔑视和排斥、钦佩和尊重、喜爱和同情。