CLITIC

Etymology

Noun

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).

Hyponyms

• (linguistics): enclitic, endoclitic, mesoclitic, proclitic

Coordinate terms

• affix

Source: Wiktionary



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