Neste trabalho, investiga-se a distribuição dos sufixos -inho e -zinho nos dialetos de Porto Alegre e Curitiba. A partir de estudos que contemplaram tais afixos, olhamos para fatores de natureza lingüística, como classe gramatical (nomes, não-nomes), tonicidade (oxítona, paroxítona e proparoxítona), segmento final da forma primitiva (vogal baixa, vogal média-baixa frontal e posterior, -i, - u primitivos, -e, - o primitivos, -s / -z, -r / -m, -l), onset da sílaba final (nasal dorsal, labiais, coronais, dorsais, onset vazio), e para fatores de natureza extralingüística, como escolaridade (primário, ginásio, secundário), sexo (masculino e feminino), faixa etária (menos de 50 anos e mais de 50 anos), localidade (Porto Alegre e Curitiba). Esta pesquisa faz uso de dados de fala extraídos de 24 entrevistas do Projeto VARSUL e de um teste de produtividade, que se utiliza de pseudopalavras, aplicado a 20 informantes. Para a análise quantitativa dos resultados, fazemos um uso adaptado dos programas que compõem o pacote VARBRUL, lançando mão tão-somente de freqüências, já que não se trata de um fenômeno tipicamente variável. A análise dos resultados mostrou que -inho é o sufixo mais usado, ainda que -zinho seja o preferido no contexto de pseudopalavras. Além disso, observouse um padrão predominantemente alternante, conforme já previu a literatura, definido pela tonicidade, ainda que algum lugar para usos variáveis esteja reservado. / In this paper, the distribution of the suffixes -inho and -zinho is investigated in the dialects of Porto Alegre and Curitiba. Starting from studies that cover such affix, we looked at factors of linguistic nature, like grammatical class (names, nonames), tonicity (stressed on the last, second last, or third last syllable), final segment in the primitive form (low vowel, back and front low-mid vowels, -i, primitive -u, -e, primitive -o, -s / -z, -r / -m, -l), final syllable onset (dorsal nasal, labial, coronal, dorsal, empty onset), and extra linguistic nature factors, such as educational background (primary, elementary, high school), sex (male and female), age group (less than 50 and more than 50 years old), place (Porto Alegre and Curitiba). This research makes use of extracted speech data of 24 interviews from Projeto VARSUL and of a productivity test, which uses pseudo words, applied to 20 applicants. For the quantitative analysis of the results, we make an adapted use of the programs that compose the package VARBRUL, not taking into account only of frequencies numbers, since it is not a typically variable phenomenon. The analysis of the results showed that -inho is the most used suffix, although -zinho is the favorite in the context of pseudo words. Besides, a predominantly alternating pattern was observed, as already expected in literature, defined by the tonicity, although some place for variable uses may be reserved.

Neste trabalho, investiga-se a distribuição dos sufixos -inho e -zinho nos dialetos de Porto Alegre e Curitiba. A partir de estudos que contemplaram tais afixos, olhamos para fatores de natureza lingüística, como classe gramatical (nomes, não-nomes), tonicidade (oxítona, paroxítona e proparoxítona), segmento final da forma primitiva (vogal baixa, vogal média-baixa frontal e posterior, -i, - u primitivos, -e, - o primitivos, -s / -z, -r / -m, -l), onset da sílaba final (nasal dorsal, labiais, coronais, dorsais, onset vazio), e para fatores de natureza extralingüística, como escolaridade (primário, ginásio, secundário), sexo (masculino e feminino), faixa etária (menos de 50 anos e mais de 50 anos), localidade (Porto Alegre e Curitiba). Esta pesquisa faz uso de dados de fala extraídos de 24 entrevistas do Projeto VARSUL e de um teste de produtividade, que se utiliza de pseudopalavras, aplicado a 20 informantes. Para a análise quantitativa dos resultados, fazemos um uso adaptado dos programas que compõem o pacote VARBRUL, lançando mão tão-somente de freqüências, já que não se trata de um fenômeno tipicamente variável. A análise dos resultados mostrou que -inho é o sufixo mais usado, ainda que -zinho seja o preferido no contexto de pseudopalavras. Além disso, observouse um padrão predominantemente alternante, conforme já previu a literatura, definido pela tonicidade, ainda que algum lugar para usos variáveis esteja reservado. / In this paper, the distribution of the suffixes -inho and -zinho is investigated in the dialects of Porto Alegre and Curitiba. Starting from studies that cover such affix, we looked at factors of linguistic nature, like grammatical class (names, nonames), tonicity (stressed on the last, second last, or third last syllable), final segment in the primitive form (low vowel, back and front low-mid vowels, -i, primitive -u, -e, primitive -o, -s / -z, -r / -m, -l), final syllable onset (dorsal nasal, labial, coronal, dorsal, empty onset), and extra linguistic nature factors, such as educational background (primary, elementary, high school), sex (male and female), age group (less than 50 and more than 50 years old), place (Porto Alegre and Curitiba). This research makes use of extracted speech data of 24 interviews from Projeto VARSUL and of a productivity test, which uses pseudo words, applied to 20 applicants. For the quantitative analysis of the results, we make an adapted use of the programs that compose the package VARBRUL, not taking into account only of frequencies numbers, since it is not a typically variable phenomenon. The analysis of the results showed that -inho is the most used suffix, although -zinho is the favorite in the context of pseudo words. Besides, a predominantly alternating pattern was observed, as already expected in literature, defined by the tonicity, although some place for variable uses may be reserved.

Esta pesquisa investiga como o livro didático de Língua Portuguesa do Projeto Teláris, destinado ao Ensino Fundamental II, do 6º ao 9º ano, escolhido pelas professoras de Língua Portuguesa da Unidade Municipal de Ensino Mario de Oliveira Moreira, no PNLD, de 2012, aborda o uso do diminutivo no volume do 6° ano do Ensino Fundamental. Foram verificadas questões referentes a como ocorre a contextualização das atividades, a importância que se dá à norma gramatical ou ao uso e o papel do texto nas propostas de atividades voltadas ao léxico e à língua. A partir disso, foi elaborada e aplicada uma sequência de atividades que promovesse o estudo e a reflexão sobre o tópico, assim, visando ao ensino dos usos que possibilitassem ao aluno ampliar seu repertório de possibilidades expressivas e estilísticas desse elemento linguístico. Pretende-se, com isso, apresentar propostas de trabalho com o livro didático, voltado aos estudos sobre a língua, que proporcionem ao professor a conquista de uma prática mais autônoma, sem desprezar o livro didático, que poderá lhe servir como aliado se usado de forma crítica, e sem permitir que este descaracterize o seu papel docente, tão fundamental no processo pedagógico. / This work analyzes the Portuguese textbook of the Atica Publisher\'s Teláris Project, aimed at Secondary School, from 6 th to 9 th grade, which was selected among the PNLD (National Textbook Program, in the Portuguese acronym) titles by the Portuguese Language teachers of the Municipal Education Center Mario de Oliveira Moreira in 2012 PNLD. The aim is to investigate how the 6th grade book in this series addresses the use of the diminutive. We will assess issues such as how activities are contextualized, the importance given to grammar rules, or to the use and role of the text in proposals of activities concerning lexicon and language. From this, it will be designed and implemented a series of activities that will promote the study and reflection on the topic, aiming at teaching those in a way that enable the students to expand their repertoire of expressive and stylistic possibilities of this linguistic element. With it, we intend to present proposals for working with this textbook aimed at the study on the language that provide the teacher the possibility to reach a more autonomous practice without neglecting the textbook. The textbook may serve as an ally if used critically and without allowing it to deprive the teaching role, which is fundamental in the educational process, of its characteristics.

The aim of this diploma thesis is to prove that augmentative and diminutive suffixes are not always just bearers of senses "big" / "of big size", in the case of augmentative suffixes, and "small" / "of small size", in the case of diminutive suffixes, and that they can also be accompanied by various connotations. The thesis is divided into several parts. The first part is concentrated on the topic of the morpheme in Portuguese in general. The next two parts are dedicated to particular augmentative and diminutive suffixes, concretely to their origin and especially to their specifics. Fundamental is the last part which focuses on the systematization of the senses of suffixes mentioned in previous chapters. Key words: word-formation, derivation, suffixes, augmentative suffixes, diminutive suffixes, connotation

Este trabalho se insere no âmbito dos estudos a respeito da formação de palavras e pretende analisar a estrutura morfossintática de diminutivos e aumentativos do português brasileiro construídos com os formadores -inh/-zinh e -ã/-zã, respectivamente. Mais especificamente, o recorte empírico feito na tese pode ser dividido em duas grandes linhas: uma que aborda a interação entre as marcas de diminutivo e de aumentativo com as marcas de gênero/classe nominal e outra que contempla a (im)possibilidade de que as formações diminutivas e aumentativas sejam não-composicionalmente interpretadas. Para tanto, reanalisamos o estatuto das noções de gênero e classe nominal, propondo que elas ocupam a mesma posição na estrutura sintática. Tal posição é identificada como uma projeção de gênero, que é parte da projeção estendida do nome. Os formadores de diminutivo e aumentativo são analisados com base nas relações que estabelecem com esse núcleo sintático de gênero. A hipótese de base é a de que nuances na relação entre os formadores avaliativos e o núcleo de gênero revelam aspectos significantes da posição estrutural ocupada por cada um deles. Em linhas gerais, propomos que o diminutivo -inh se diferencia dos outros formadores por compartilhar com a raiz o mesmo núcleo de gênero. Essa estrutura é capaz de dar conta, entre outros fatos empíricos, da possibilidade de que a vogal final da forma diminutiva seja idêntica à vogal final da forma não-diminutiva, ainda que tal vogal seja condicionada pela raiz. Por outro lado, a vogal final que completa o aumentativo -ã reflete os padrões gerais da língua, independentemente da raiz presente na derivação. Tomamos esse fato como evidência de que o aumentativo e a raiz possuem núcleos independentes de gênero. No que diz respeito às construções aumentativas e diminutivas encabeçadas pela consoante -z, a presença de núcleos de gênero independentes na estrutura sintática é ainda mais clara, uma vez que tanto a vogal que completa a raiz, como a vogal que completa as formas -zinh e -zã são fonologicamente realizadas. Assim como no caso das formações com -ã, a vogal que completa os formadores de grau encabeçados por -z é completamente independente da raiz que participa da formação, seguindo o padrão mais geral da língua. Esses fatores fazem a análise do aumentativo -ã e a análise das formas encabeçadas por -z bastante similares uma à outra: tais formas possuem, em sua estrutura sintática, um núcleo de gênero que é independente daquele que categoriza a raiz. No entanto, há diferenças no comportamento dessas formas que acabam por separar de um lado o aumentativo -ã e, de outro, as formas -zinh e -zã. Propomos que tais diferenças são derivadas do fato de o primeiro formador se anexar abaixo do núcleo de número, enquanto os dois últimos entram na estrutura depois que ela já possui um núcleo de número. Por fim, dentro de uma visão localista de gramática, em que a atribuição de significado não-composicional deverá ser licenciada dentro de domínios bem definidos, discutimos a composicionalidade das formações partir das posições sintáticas atribuídas a cada um dos formadores em questão. / This work is inserted within the scope of the studies that investigate word formation, and aims to analyze the morphosyntactic structure of diminutives and augmentatives in Brazilian Portuguese built with the formatives -inh/-zinh, and -ã/-za, respectively. More specifically, the empirical path of this thesis can be divided into two main lines: one that addresses the interaction of diminutive and augmentative with the notions of gender/noun classes, and one that addresses the (im)possibility of a non-compositional interpretation being attributed to the structure. In order to do so, it was necessary to review the status of notions like gender and noun class in the grammar, and the formal representation attributed to them. I propose that gender and noun class occupy the very same position in the syntactic structure. This position is identified as a gender projection, which is part of the extended projection of the noun. Diminutive and augmentative markers are, then, analyzed based on the relations they establish with the syntactic gender head. The underlying hypothesis is that differences in the relation established between the evaluative formatives and the gender head reveal important aspects of the structural position that hosts each of them. More specifically, I propose that the diminutive -inh differs from other formatives, because it shares with the root the same gender head. In this sense, -inh is attached to the same gender projection responsible for categorizing the root. This structure is capable of accounting, among other empirical facts, for the possibility that the final vowel of diminutive and nondiminutive forms is identical, even if it is a root-conditioned element. On the other hand, the final vowel that completes -ã augmentatives always reflects the general gender pattern of the language, quite independently of the root. I take this as evidence that, unlike the diminutive, the augmentative and the root have independent gender heads. Thus, the syntactic structure proposed for the augmentative formation has two gender heads: one that attaches to the root, and another one that attaches directly to the augmentative. The distance between the root and the gender head that follows the augmentative is responsible for the default phonological realization of the final vowel of the augmentative. In the same sense, in the diminutive and augmentative formations built with -zinh and -zã, the presence of two independent gender heads is even clearer, since they can be phonologically identified in the output form. It is proposed, then, that, just as in is the case of the -ã forms, the vowel completing -zinh and -zã occupies a gender head that is independent from the one that categorizes the root. Differences in the behavior of these forms point to a split between -ã on one side, and -zinh/-zã on the other. We propose that these differences are derived from the fact that while -ã attaches below a number head, -zinh/-zã, on the other hand, attaches above a number head. Finally, within a localist view of grammar, in which the licensing of noncompositional meaning must be conditioned by local domains of syntactic structure, the possibility and impossibility of non-compositional interpretation being attributed to diminutive and augmentative formations is derived from the syntactic positions assigned to each of the formatives.

Este trabalho se insere no âmbito dos estudos a respeito da formação de palavras e pretende analisar a estrutura morfossintática de diminutivos e aumentativos do português brasileiro construídos com os formadores -inh/-zinh e -ã/-zã, respectivamente. Mais especificamente, o recorte empírico feito na tese pode ser dividido em duas grandes linhas: uma que aborda a interação entre as marcas de diminutivo e de aumentativo com as marcas de gênero/classe nominal e outra que contempla a (im)possibilidade de que as formações diminutivas e aumentativas sejam não-composicionalmente interpretadas. Para tanto, reanalisamos o estatuto das noções de gênero e classe nominal, propondo que elas ocupam a mesma posição na estrutura sintática. Tal posição é identificada como uma projeção de gênero, que é parte da projeção estendida do nome. Os formadores de diminutivo e aumentativo são analisados com base nas relações que estabelecem com esse núcleo sintático de gênero. A hipótese de base é a de que nuances na relação entre os formadores avaliativos e o núcleo de gênero revelam aspectos significantes da posição estrutural ocupada por cada um deles. Em linhas gerais, propomos que o diminutivo -inh se diferencia dos outros formadores por compartilhar com a raiz o mesmo núcleo de gênero. Essa estrutura é capaz de dar conta, entre outros fatos empíricos, da possibilidade de que a vogal final da forma diminutiva seja idêntica à vogal final da forma não-diminutiva, ainda que tal vogal seja condicionada pela raiz. Por outro lado, a vogal final que completa o aumentativo -ã reflete os padrões gerais da língua, independentemente da raiz presente na derivação. Tomamos esse fato como evidência de que o aumentativo e a raiz possuem núcleos independentes de gênero. No que diz respeito às construções aumentativas e diminutivas encabeçadas pela consoante -z, a presença de núcleos de gênero independentes na estrutura sintática é ainda mais clara, uma vez que tanto a vogal que completa a raiz, como a vogal que completa as formas -zinh e -zã são fonologicamente realizadas. Assim como no caso das formações com -ã, a vogal que completa os formadores de grau encabeçados por -z é completamente independente da raiz que participa da formação, seguindo o padrão mais geral da língua. Esses fatores fazem a análise do aumentativo -ã e a análise das formas encabeçadas por -z bastante similares uma à outra: tais formas possuem, em sua estrutura sintática, um núcleo de gênero que é independente daquele que categoriza a raiz. No entanto, há diferenças no comportamento dessas formas que acabam por separar de um lado o aumentativo -ã e, de outro, as formas -zinh e -zã. Propomos que tais diferenças são derivadas do fato de o primeiro formador se anexar abaixo do núcleo de número, enquanto os dois últimos entram na estrutura depois que ela já possui um núcleo de número. Por fim, dentro de uma visão localista de gramática, em que a atribuição de significado não-composicional deverá ser licenciada dentro de domínios bem definidos, discutimos a composicionalidade das formações partir das posições sintáticas atribuídas a cada um dos formadores em questão. / This work is inserted within the scope of the studies that investigate word formation, and aims to analyze the morphosyntactic structure of diminutives and augmentatives in Brazilian Portuguese built with the formatives -inh/-zinh, and -ã/-za, respectively. More specifically, the empirical path of this thesis can be divided into two main lines: one that addresses the interaction of diminutive and augmentative with the notions of gender/noun classes, and one that addresses the (im)possibility of a non-compositional interpretation being attributed to the structure. In order to do so, it was necessary to review the status of notions like gender and noun class in the grammar, and the formal representation attributed to them. I propose that gender and noun class occupy the very same position in the syntactic structure. This position is identified as a gender projection, which is part of the extended projection of the noun. Diminutive and augmentative markers are, then, analyzed based on the relations they establish with the syntactic gender head. The underlying hypothesis is that differences in the relation established between the evaluative formatives and the gender head reveal important aspects of the structural position that hosts each of them. More specifically, I propose that the diminutive -inh differs from other formatives, because it shares with the root the same gender head. In this sense, -inh is attached to the same gender projection responsible for categorizing the root. This structure is capable of accounting, among other empirical facts, for the possibility that the final vowel of diminutive and nondiminutive forms is identical, even if it is a root-conditioned element. On the other hand, the final vowel that completes -ã augmentatives always reflects the general gender pattern of the language, quite independently of the root. I take this as evidence that, unlike the diminutive, the augmentative and the root have independent gender heads. Thus, the syntactic structure proposed for the augmentative formation has two gender heads: one that attaches to the root, and another one that attaches directly to the augmentative. The distance between the root and the gender head that follows the augmentative is responsible for the default phonological realization of the final vowel of the augmentative. In the same sense, in the diminutive and augmentative formations built with -zinh and -zã, the presence of two independent gender heads is even clearer, since they can be phonologically identified in the output form. It is proposed, then, that, just as in is the case of the -ã forms, the vowel completing -zinh and -zã occupies a gender head that is independent from the one that categorizes the root. Differences in the behavior of these forms point to a split between -ã on one side, and -zinh/-zã on the other. We propose that these differences are derived from the fact that while -ã attaches below a number head, -zinh/-zã, on the other hand, attaches above a number head. Finally, within a localist view of grammar, in which the licensing of noncompositional meaning must be conditioned by local domains of syntactic structure, the possibility and impossibility of non-compositional interpretation being attributed to diminutive and augmentative formations is derived from the syntactic positions assigned to each of the formatives.

This thesis deals with the formation of diminutives and augmentatives in the present-day French. The thesis is divided into two parts, theoretical and practical. In the theoretical part there are explained the basic notions, such as: word, word formation processes, especially the derivation. Then the list of all augmentative and diminutive French suffixes is given. The practical part consists of two parts. At first there are presented all the French words ending with the diminutive and augmentative suffixes, found in the French electronic dictionary Le Petit Robert. Then, there is a research made in a parallel language corpus Intercorp. This research is based on the comparison of the formation of diminutives and augmentatives in French and in Czech. The aim is to introduce the formation of diminutives and augmentatives in French and then compare it with the Czech language.

Marqueur linguistique très usité dans la comédie, la forme diminutive est une des particularités de la langue d’Aristophane. Comparables au suffixe -ette en français (e.g. maison > maisonnette), les suffixes -ιον et -ισκος sont utilisés par des personnages de tous les genres et de toutes les classes sociales pour exprimer leur évaluation diminutive. Parfois utilisés pour représenter un objet plus petit, parfois pour complimenter et parfois pour exprimer son dédain, les diminutifs sont difficiles à définir et encore plus complexes à démêler des autres formes qui peuvent partager leur suffixe. La première étape de ma recherche a donc consisté à créer un schéma radial capable d’expliquer les différents aspects sémantiques et pragmatiques du diminutif dans le dialecte attique d’Aristophane. La seconde partie de ma recherche a servi de vérification du schéma radial proposé. À travers une méthode établie à partir du schéma radial et de la définition morphologique du diminutif grec, j’ai classé et vérifié les termes trouvés par une application de traitement automatique des langues naturelles créée dans le cadre de cette recherche. Ces données ont également servi à vérifier certaines hypothèses sur la fréquence d’apparition du diminutif et sa variété d’expression dans le sociolecte féminin chez Aristophane. Sujet encore débattu chez les linguistes, la relation entre le genre et l’expression est au centre des préoccupations de la recherche actuelle en morphologie évaluative. L’ensemble de cette recherche se veut donc également une description d’un cadre méthodologique adapté à l’analyse des textes anciens à l’aide de méthodes informatiques. / A linguistic marker widely used in comedy, the diminutive form is one of the distinctive features of Aristophanes' language. Comparable to the suffix -ette in French (e.g. maison > maisonnette), the suffixes -ιον and -ισκος are used by characters of all genders and social classes to express their diminutive valuation. Sometimes used to represent a smaller object, sometimes to compliment and sometimes to express disdain, diminutives are difficult to define and even more complex to disentangle from other forms that may share their suffix. The first stage of my research therefore involved creating a radial scheme capable of explaining the various semantic and pragmatic aspects of the diminutive in Aristophanes’ attic dialect. The second part of my research served to verify the proposed radial scheme. Using a method based on my radial scheme and the morphological definition of the greek diminutive, I classified and verified the terms found by a natural language processing application created as part of this research. These data were also used to test certain hypotheses on the frequency of appearance of the diminutive and its variety of expression in Aristophanes' feminine sociolect. The relationship between gender and expression is still a hotly debated topic among linguists, and is at the heart of current research in evaluative morphology. The whole of this research is therefore also intended as a description of a methodological framework suitable for the analysis of ancient texts with computational methods.

John 21 tells of the “miraculous draught of fishes.” The disciples fish all night and catch nothing. In the morning, they fail to recognize Jesus on the shore, instructing them to cast their net again. After an amazing catch and subsequent breakfast, Jesus thrice questions Peter’s love and commissions him to “feed my sheep.” Using Narrative Criticism, this study examines this recognition scene, specifically in light of recognition scenes in Genesis. Previous work used primarily Greco-Roman texts to analyze Johannine recognition. This study adds the Hebraic perspective, asking, “How would a reader, well acquainted with Genesis, understand recognition in John 21?” This study labels characters who withhold recognition from others as “manipulators,” and argues that biblical recognition can be understood within a context of “manipulation.” It proposes a taxonomy of manipulation with six narrative kernels. This yields four patterns gleaned from Genesis: 1) Manipulation narratives are focused around chosen leaders—manipulators—undergoing a character development process; 2) These manipulators disempower others while empowering themselves for gain; 3) Genesis manipulation stories often contain evocative déjà vu motifs: repetitive words and themes connecting the units, reinforcing the story, and sometimes haunting manipulators; 4) Manipulators are often “counter-manipulated” in a reciprocal manner ironically similar to their own previous behavior. This may correct and transform the manipulator. The taxonomy and patterns are applied to John 21:1-19 as a lens for a new reading. The study also examines Greek diminutives in John 21, which enhances the reading. This reading characterizes Peter’s earlier behavior in John 18 as manipulative, when he withheld his identity three times. When the disciples go aimlessly fishing in John 21, Jesus actively withholds his identity in ironic counter-manipulation, mirroring Peter’s earlier denials. The disciples’ lack of recognition underscores their dullness, especially Peter’s. Jesus’ three questions to Peter continue the ironic counter-manipulation, paralleling Peter’s earlier three denials. Finally, Jesus predicts Peter will glorify God in his death, indicating his future turn toward ideal discipleship. / New Testament / D. Th. (New Testament)

John 21 tells of the “miraculous draught of fishes.” The disciples fish all night and catch nothing. In the morning, they fail to recognize Jesus on the shore, instructing them to cast their net again. After an amazing catch and subsequent breakfast, Jesus thrice questions Peter’s love and commissions him to “feed my sheep.” Using Narrative Criticism, this study examines this recognition scene, specifically in light of recognition scenes in Genesis. Previous work used primarily Greco-Roman texts to analyze Johannine recognition. This study adds the Hebraic perspective, asking, “How would a reader, well acquainted with Genesis, understand recognition in John 21?” This study labels characters who withhold recognition from others as “manipulators,” and argues that biblical recognition can be understood within a context of “manipulation.” It proposes a taxonomy of manipulation with six narrative kernels. This yields four patterns gleaned from Genesis: 1) Manipulation narratives are focused around chosen leaders—manipulators—undergoing a character development process; 2) These manipulators disempower others while empowering themselves for gain; 3) Genesis manipulation stories often contain evocative déjà vu motifs: repetitive words and themes connecting the units, reinforcing the story, and sometimes haunting manipulators; 4) Manipulators are often “counter-manipulated” in a reciprocal manner ironically similar to their own previous behavior. This may correct and transform the manipulator. The taxonomy and patterns are applied to John 21:1-19 as a lens for a new reading. The study also examines Greek diminutives in John 21, which enhances the reading. This reading characterizes Peter’s earlier behavior in John 18 as manipulative, when he withheld his identity three times. When the disciples go aimlessly fishing in John 21, Jesus actively withholds his identity in ironic counter-manipulation, mirroring Peter’s earlier denials. The disciples’ lack of recognition underscores their dullness, especially Peter’s. Jesus’ three questions to Peter continue the ironic counter-manipulation, paralleling Peter’s earlier three denials. Finally, Jesus predicts Peter will glorify God in his death, indicating his future turn toward ideal discipleship. / New Testament / D. Th. (New Testament)