1. Introduction (by Savickiene, Ineta); 2. 1. Form and meaning of diminutives in Lithuanian child language (by Savickiene, Ineta); 3. 2. Diminutives in Russian at the early stages of acquisition (by Protassova, Ekaterina); 4. 3. The acquisition of diminutives in Croatian (by Palmovic, Marijan); 5. 4. Diminutives in Greek child language (by Thomadaki, Evangelia); 6. 5. The role of diminutives in the acquisition of Italian morphology (by Noccetti, Sabrina); 7. 6. The acquisition of diminutives in Spanish: a useful device (by Marrero, Victoria); 8. 7. A longitudinal study of the acquisition of diminutives in Dutch (by Souman, Agnita); 9. 8. Diminutives and hypocoristics in Austrian German (AG) (by Korecky-Kroll, Katharina); 10. 9. Acquisition of diminutives in Hungarian (by Bodor, Peter); 11. 10. Diminutives in Finnish child-directed and child speech (by Laalo, Klaus); 12. 11. The (scarcity of) diminutives in Turkish child language (by Ketrez, F. Nihan); 13. 12. Acquiring diminutive structures and meanings in Hebrew: An experimental study (by Hora, Anat); 14. 13. Diminutives provide multiple benefits for language acquisition (by Kempe, Vera); 15. Conclusions (by Savickiene, Ineta); 16. Subject index