cliticization

Noun

Meaning

cliticization (countable and uncountable, plural cliticizations)

(grammar) The process, or an instance, of a word becoming a clitic.

Examples

The term "postlexical clitic" is used for this narrower sense of the term. Klavans, Judith L. On Clitics and Cliticization: The Interaction of Morphology, Phonology, and Syntax. Source: Internet

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