@article{2017,title={Diminutives (Tasgir) in Turkish and Arabic Languages},abstractNode={In this article, diminutives in Turkish and Arabic languages are compared and analyzed in terms of phonology, morphology and particularly semantics and the similar and different aspects of the two languages are tried to be determined and the obtained results are tried to be evaluated. Diminutive structures which are formed with a number of changes in the structure of the word and certain diminutive additions cause numerous changes in the meaning indicated by the changes in morphology. While diminutives in Arabic, which is an inflectional language, are produced with letter additions and changes in the form of a word, they are made with suffixes in Turkish, which is an agglutinative language. Thus; the structures of diminutive in the aforementioned languages are different from each other in terms of morphology. Reasons of diminutive such as expressing the smallness of an object, pointing its quantitative fewness, expressing temporal and spatial affinity, underestimating, insulting, satirizing, sympathizing, showing affection, presenting the object as cute and even exalting it are common in both languages. Therefore, a semantic equivalence can be mentioned in both languages in terms of diminutives. In addition, diminutives in both languages appear as a kind of reduction in words. This structure provides an opportunity to express an adjective clause compounded by two words in a single word. Thanks to this, diminutive in verbal contexture shows the laconic form of this structure as well. Although adjective clauses can be used instead of diminutive structures in spoken and written language, diminutive structures are much more used in emotional expressions of underestimation, despise, sympathizing, showing affection, presenting the object as cute, spoiling. Diminutives expressed through adjective clauses are rather used to express the smallness of an object, and pointing a quantitative fewness.},author={Yakup KIZILKAYA},year={2017},journal={Journal of Turkish Studies}}