The diminutives in the uteniškiai, vilniškiai and širvintiškiai subdialects.

Abstract

Researching the usage of the diminutives of nouns in the subdialects of eastern Aukštaičiai Uteniškiai, Vilniškiai and Širvintiškiai in speech situations, in the text, in semantic and syntactic figures, analysing the functions of the diminutives (evaluating, specifying, text related and aesthetical functions)