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Greek Diminutives in Gothic
Author(s) -
Wolfe Brendan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
transactions of the philological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1467-968X
pISSN - 0079-1636
DOI - 10.1111/1467-968x.12156
Subject(s) - diminutive , variety (cybernetics) , character (mathematics) , literature , history , noun , linguistics , proper noun , art , philosophy , computer science , mathematics , artificial intelligence , geometry
Investigation of the outcomes of Greek diminutive nouns in the Gothic New Testament reveals a variety of translation strategies. The Gothic Version does not automatically carry over a word’s diminutive character. Most cases of Greek diminutives translated with Gothic diminutives are part of a Gothic pattern, centred on children. In other cases, the usual range of Gothic translation decisions are found, ranging from subtle discriminations to elisions of distinction.