rarissimum 74: endoclitics occurring not only inside morphologically complex words, but even within monomorphemic words, with the positioning of the clitic (a)regulated by one general phonological rule, (b) not regulated by a general phonological rule, although when endoclitic to simple verbs, the clitic always comes before the last segment of the verb stem (subject person-number markers are cliticized to constituents in focus, being always enclitic with arguments in focus, but en- or endo-clitic with verbs in focus)
Where found
(a) English (Germanic, IE) (?);
(b) Udi (NE Caucasian)
Domain
phonology, morphology, syntax
Subdomain
word integrity
Keywords
clitic, endoclitic
Type
rarissimum
Universals violated
Source
Harris, Alice C. (2000). Where in the word is the Udi clitic? Language 76: 593-616.
examples for (a): Ala=fuckin=BAma, fan=bloomin=TAStic; but are fuckin’, bloomin’, etc. CLITICS? For one thing, they are categorially rather selective, combining only with nouns.
examples for (a):
Ala=fuckin=BAma, fan=bloomin=TAStic;
but are fuckin’, bloomin’, etc. CLITICS? For one thing, they are categorially rather selective, combining only with nouns.