Universal #1745
Legacy number: 1745
| Number | 1740 |
| Original | There is no language with endoclitics, i.e., clitics inside words do not exist. |
| Standardized | There are no endoclitics, i.e., clitics inside words do not exist. |
| Keywords | clitics, endoclitics |
| Domain | phonology, syntax |
| Type | unconditional |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical (according to author absolute) |
| Source | Klavans 1979 |
Discussion
Counterexamples
In the Vartashen dialect of Udi (Northeast Caucasian) person/number markers can cliticize into the verb, i.e., they can be endoclitics (claim thoroughly defended by Harris 2000).Klavans 1979 herself rejects Zwicky’s 1977 claims that Ngiyambaa (Pama-Nyungan), Beja (Cushitic, Afro-Asiatic), and Hua (Papuan) have endoclitics and proposes different analyses.Portuguese, Bengali [give details – FP]
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