Definition/Meaning of clitic

• English - 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). In English , the possessive -'s is a clitic . 1997 , Raffaella Zanuttini, Negation and Clausal Structure , Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax , page 29 , In…
• English - Pronunciation: IPA (key) : /ˈklɪ.tɪk/ Rhymes: -ɪtɪk
• English - Related terms: enclisis endoclisis mesoclisis proclisis Translations