clitic

Noun

Meaning

Examples



we’ve (enclitic)I’d’ve (enclitic)d’you (proclitic)’tisn’t


clitic (plural clitics)

(linguistics) A morpheme that functions like a word, but never appears as an independent word, instead being always attached to a following or preceding word (or, in some cases, within a surrounding word).

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Related terms

enclisis mesoclisis proclisis endoclisis

Examples

A clitic attaches to an adjacent word, known as its host. Source: Internet

In this case, clitic doubling can be a colloquial alternative of the more formal or bookish passive voice, which would be constructed as follows: :Петър и Иван бяха изядени от вълците. Source: Internet

At any intermediate stage of this evolutionary process, the element in question can be described as a "clitic". Source: Internet

Except the above examples, clitic doubling is considered inappropriate in a formal context. Source: Internet

Hintz 1999, p. 1. Affix or clitic It may have been noted the evidential morphemes have been referred to as markers or morphemes. Source: Internet

It is similar to formal short pronunciation except that the rules for dropping final vowels apply even when a clitic suffix is added. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

clithral clithridiate clithrophobia cliticalization clitically clitichood