@article{Hu_2021, title={Historical, dialectological and sociolinguistic review of the diminutive in Spanish}, volume={6}, url={https://revista.religacion.com/index.php/religacion/article/view/816}, DOI={10.46652/rgn.v6i29.816}, abstractNote={<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The diminutive in Spanish is a highly productive derivative process of word formation with an extensive bibliography in the field of linguistics. In this article, in order to better understand the evolution and the status of the issue of this linguistic element, a synchronic description of the Spanish diminutive has been carried out. Said analysis here includes aspects of suffix variants as they relate to the temporal, geographical, and social axis. Specifically, in this article, a historical review of the evolution of diminutive suffixes has been carried out. We have also completed maps meant to trace suffixation preferences in Spain and in Latin America while employing a sociolinguistic approach to the diminutive focusing on age, sex, and social class. Finally, it has been observed in various bibliographies that there is a slightly favorable use by the female sex, by a humbler socioeconomic class, and by its use in the rural environment.</span></p&gt;}, number={29}, journal={ReligaciĆ³n}, author={Hu, Jingyuan}, year={2021}, month={Aug.}, pages={e210816} }