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Carnicer, Ramon – Yelmo, 1975
Some Spanish nouns designating non-animate things may have either feminine or masculine gender. The reasons given for the choice of gender are many and varied. It is put forward that in some cases the masculine acts as a diminutive and the feminine as an augmentative. (Text is in Spanish.) (TL)
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Grammar, Language Usage, Morphemes
Carnicer, Ramon – Yelmo, 1976
This article discusses three Spanish suffixes used in the formation of nouns and adjectives: -al, -dad, and -cion. (Text is in Spanish.) (CLK)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Descriptive Linguistics, Language Research, Morphemes
Carnicer, Ramon – Yelmo, 1975
Shows certain irregularities and uncertainties in the formation of the plural of compounds composed of two nouns or in the case of two nouns in apposition. (Text is in Spanish.) (TL)
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Grammar, Language Patterns, Morphemes
Contreras Jurado, Antonio – Yelmo, 1975
Considers the effects of the loss of the plural morpheme 's' in the Spanish dialect known as oriental Andalusian. The openness of the final vowels is now considered the plural marker but this seems to be only a transitory replacement for the missing plural. (Text is in Spanish.) (TL)
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Morphemes, Morphology (Languages), Morphophonemics
Carnicer, Ramon – Yelmo, 1975
Lists the various ways superlatives may be formed in Spanish, e.g. by adding certain suffixes, by repetition of the adjective, etc. Also shows the forms and uses of superlatives at various levels of communication. (Text is in Spanish.) (TL)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adverbs, Form Classes (Languages), Grammar