#clitic

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Clitic

           n.        An unstressed word, typically a function word, that is incapable of standing on its own and attaches in pronunciation to a stressed word, with which it forms a single accentual unit. Examples of clitics are the pronoun ’em in I see ’em and the definite article in French l'arme, “the arm.”    

           adj.        Of or relating to a clitic or clisis.    

           n.        A morpheme that functions like a word, but appears not as an independent word but always attached to a following or preceding word.    

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Ablative Case in Sherpa

Ablative Case in Sherpa

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My maturity level just cliticized.

Today I had the realization that the term cliticization (when words become clitics, a kind of linguistic element halfway between an affix and a word) is potentially quite funny. For totally mature reasons.