The present article deals with the use that Boccaccio makes of diminutives in his Decameron. After a brief introduction on the lexicographic studies dedicated to the works of the author, an investigation carried out thanks to the corpus TLIO (Tesoro della Lingua Italiana delle Origini) is presented. The study is aimed at reporting the occurrences of -etto, -ello, -ino, -uccio and its variant -uzzo diminutives in their context of use in the Centonovelle. The results outline a diverse situation where these diminutives are used in a wide range of expressive situations, spanning from affective to humorous and making their use one of Boccaccio’s key elements of writing style. The ‘passion’ for diminutives felt by the author is finally presented through a few examples of hapax legomena.
University for Foreigners of Siena, Italy
Chapter Title
Analisi lessicale degli alterati con funzione diminutiva e della varietà dei loro ruoli all’interno del Decameron
Authors
Gabriele Sciarri
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-510-3.07
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Publication Year
2021
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Book Title
Intorno a Boccaccio / Boccaccio e dintorni 2020
Book Subtitle
Atti del Seminario internazionale di studi (Certaldo Alta, Casa di Giovanni Boccaccio, 10-11 settembre 2020)
Editors
Giovanna Frosini
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Number of Pages
196
Publication Year
2021
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© 2021 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-510-3
ISBN Print
978-88-5518-509-7
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-510-3
eISBN (epub)
978-88-5518-512-7
Series Title
Studi e saggi
Series ISSN
2704-6478
Series E-ISSN
2704-5919