Diminutives again

[marta-mb.livejournal.com]

It occurred to me that diminutives in modern Russian may be used to give a tincture of definiteness or add the meaning of the limited amount to the respective noun. For example you can say:
Дай мне хлебушка и маслица.
This means 'Give me bread [+diminutive] and butter [+diminutive]'
Why not interpret this as 'Give me SOME bread and SOME butther', i.e. not bread in general, but some small amount. The last idea is expressed by the diminutive suffix.
What are your views on this?

Comments

[lindagraciela.livejournal.com]

It will be sarcastic BECAUSE it will be contrary to the inner form that implies politeness.

[oryx_and_crake]

So, exactly how this politeness or lack thereof is related to partitive case (or lack thereof)? I really don't understand what you are trying to prove.