endoclitic
endoclitic noun: a mesoclitic; a clitic inserted inside a word.
Noun
endoclitic (plural endoclitics)
- A mesoclitic; a clitic inserted inside a word.
- There are also a number of examples of endoclitics (also known as 'mesoclisis') whereby clitics appear followed by affixes.2003, Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, “2: Typological parameters for the study of clitics, with special reference to Tariana”, in R. M. W. Dixon, Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, editors, Word: A Cross-Linguistic...
- Other syntactic complexities of Pashto include endoclitics and frequent discontinuous constituents.2004, Craig Kopris, Rapid MT Experience in an LCTL (Pashto), Robert E. Frederking, Kathryn B. Taylor (editors), Machine Translation: From Real Users to Research: 6th Conference of the Association for...
- Synonyms:
- mesoclitic
Synonyms of endoclitic
Forms of endoclitic
| plural | endoclitics |
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Origin of endoclitic
From endo- + clitic.
Questions about endoclitic
- What does endoclitic mean?
- Endoclitic means a mesoclitic; a clitic inserted inside a word.
- What part of speech is endoclitic?
- Endoclitic is a noun.
- What is the plural of endoclitic?
- The plural of endoclitic is endoclitics.
Words near endoclitic in the dictionary
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