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单词 clitic
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Definition of clitic in English:

clitic

noun ˈklɪtɪkˈklidik
Grammar
  • An unstressed word that normally occurs only in combination with another word, for example 'm in I'm.

    〔语法〕附词(非重读词,通常仅见于与其他单词的结合体中, 如I'm中的'm)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In more prestigious varieties of Spanish, the clitic and object noun phrase are in complementary distribution (La vi or Vi a la mujer).
    • The parameter of choosiness vs. promiscuity is crucial in differentiating the categories of word, affix, and clitic.
    • Null objects are allowed in many languages despite the absence of an object-identifying clitic or a verb - object agreement feature.
    • Except for Obi-Wan, the good guys in the Star Wars original trilogy all spoke colloquial American English, clitics and all.
    • This is the sense that appeared with clitic dative subject in meseems.

Derivatives

  • cliticization

  • noun
    Grammar
    • In my PhD thesis, I've examined the inflectional behaviour of pronominal clitics in European Portuguese and developed an inflectional account of cliticisation.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • What seems to be excluded is a theory that analyzes both cliticization and quantifier float as local movement.
      • Topics to be discussed are do-support, cliticisation phenomena and the interaction of stress and intonational phrasing with word order.
  • cliticize

  • verbˈklɪtɪsʌɪzˈklɪdəˌsaɪz
    [with object]Grammar
    • Attach (an unstressed word) to a preceding or following word as a clitic.

      the negation is cliticized on to 'do' (Don't desert me!)
      Example sentencesExamples
      • As adverbs, relators are cliticised onto postposition, again to further specify the meaning of the postposition.
      • As an IM, however, it underwent grammaticalization and was cliticized to the left of the verb.
      • When negation cliticizes to the beginning of verbs and modals, the resulting combination is treated as a compound.

Origin

1940s: from (en)clitic and (pro)clitic.

Definition of clitic in US English:

clitic

nounˈklidik
Grammar
  • An unstressed word that normally occurs only in combination with another word, for example 'm in I'm.

    〔语法〕附词(非重读词,通常仅见于与其他单词的结合体中, 如I'm中的'm)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Except for Obi-Wan, the good guys in the Star Wars original trilogy all spoke colloquial American English, clitics and all.
    • Null objects are allowed in many languages despite the absence of an object-identifying clitic or a verb - object agreement feature.
    • This is the sense that appeared with clitic dative subject in meseems.
    • In more prestigious varieties of Spanish, the clitic and object noun phrase are in complementary distribution (La vi or Vi a la mujer).
    • The parameter of choosiness vs. promiscuity is crucial in differentiating the categories of word, affix, and clitic.

Origin

1940s: from (en)clitic and (pro)clitic.

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