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Clitic | Clitics | Cliticised

Clitic meaning

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).

Using Clitic

  • The main meaning on this page is: 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).
  • In the example corpus, clitic often appears in combinations such as: clitic is, as clitic, clitic doubling.

Context around Clitic

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 7 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 17 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

examples 1× case 1× locative 1× postlexical 1× word 1× special 1×

Often after:

doubling 2× attaches 1× suffix 1× form 1× pronouns 1× case 1×

Sentence patterns with Clitic

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a clitic attaches to 1× above examples clitic doubling is 1× affix and clitic is not 1× affix or clitic it may 1× and locative clitic pronouns derived 1× as a clitic 1× as a clitic a separate 1× developed the clitic case mesoclisis 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a clitic attaches 1× at any intermediate 1× except the above 1× hintz 1999 p 1× in this case 1× it is similar 1×

Common sentence endings:

a falling intonation 1× a formal context 1× affix or word 1× and tonic pronouns 1× as a clitic 1× as its host 1×

Words around Clitic

Just before it in the word index:

clitheroe 34 clit 8 clissold 4 clir 2 cliquot 2 cliquey 5

Just after it in the word index:

cliticised 2 clitics 17 clito 2 clitoral 56 clitoridectomies 2 clitoridectomy 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

abad 22 abolishment 22 abr 22 abyad 22 accompanist 22 achmea 22

Corpus analysis for Clitic

  • In this selection, "clitic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, examples, case, locative, doubling, attaches and suffix stand out and add context to how "clitic" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a clitic attaches to and above examples clitic doubling is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "clitic" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with clitic

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

SIL Glossary of Linguistic Terms: What is a clitic? (9 words)

There are 27 pronouns, grouped in clitic and tonic pronouns. (10 words)

A clitic attaches to an adjacent word, known as its host. (11 words)

Longer example sentences

The Portuguese language is also the only Romance language that developed the clitic case mesoclisis : cf. dar-te-ei main (I'll give thee), amar-te-ei main (I'll love you), contactá-los-ei main (I'll contact them). (40 words)

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. (31 words)

Modern English typically does not morphologically mark nouns for a genitive case in order to indicate a genitive construction; instead, it uses either the s clitic or a preposition (usually of). (31 words)

Question examples

SIL Glossary of Linguistic Terms: What is a clitic? (9 words)

Example sentences (18)

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Lefebvre and Muysken (1998) discuss this issue in terms of case but remark the line between affix and clitic is not clear.

Modern English typically does not morphologically mark nouns for a genitive case in order to indicate a genitive construction; instead, it uses either the s clitic or a preposition (usually of).

Advertentie

Note that this clitic form is only for the verb ser and is restricted to only third-person singular conjugations.

Pronouns Unlike most other Ibero-Romance varieties, Aragonese has partitive and locative clitic pronouns derived from the Latin inde and ibi: en/ne and bi/i/ie.

SIL Glossary of Linguistic Terms: What is a clitic?

The Portuguese language is also the only Romance language that developed the clitic case mesoclisis : cf. dar-te-ei main (I'll give thee), amar-te-ei main (I'll love you), contactá-los-ei main (I'll contact them).

There are 27 pronouns, grouped in clitic and tonic pronouns.

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.

The word "clitic" is often used loosely for what may be better described as an affix or word.

This clitic can also mark direct questions with a falling intonation.

When a pronoun cannot serve as a clitic, a separate disjunctive form is used.

While the two variants carry similar meaning and phonological makeup, the special clitic is bound to a host word and unaccented.

Advertentie

Common combinations with clitic

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "clitic" in a sentence?
An example: "A clitic attaches to an adjacent word, known as its host." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "clitic" from authentic English texts.
What does "clitic" mean?
Clitic means: 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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