La apreciación afijal en contextos de sociolecto bajo en el habla de Sevilla

In a corpus-based analysis of semi-directed interviews with Sevillian speakers of a low sociolect, a frequent use of the diminutive is observed. The value of these suffixes is determined by the self-protective strategies employed by the informants, due to the communicative circumstances in which they are immersed. The data corroborate one of the basic functions of these type of affixes, although less frequent pejorative uses may be observed.