FEATURES OF FUNCTIONING OF DIMINUTIVE CONSTRUCTIONS IN THE TERRITORIAL DIALECT OF THE MEXICAN NATIONAL VARIANT OF THE SPANISH LANGUAGE OF THE STATE QUINTANA ROO

Abstract

The Spanish language of Latin American countries is characterized by the abundant use of words with diminutive suffixes. A lot of works of Russian and foreign linguists study this problem. In this paper the researcher discusses features of the functioning of these words in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo on the basis of data obtained during a scientific internship in the Quintana Roo University in the cities of Chetumal, Playa del Carmen, Cancun and Cozumel Island. The aim of this work is to identify dialectic differences in the usage of diminutive suffixes in comparison with the Castilian version of the Spanish language and the Mexican “standard”. The object of the studying is the territorial dialect of the Mexican national variant of the Spanish language.