verb
- to convert a word or morpheme into a clitic, or to attach a clitic to another word
Usage: linguistics; technical
Examples
- In some languages, pronouns cliticize onto the verb stem.
- The auxiliary verb cliticizes to the preceding word in this dialect.
- When a word cliticizes, it loses its independent stress and phonological properties.
- Linguists study how particles cliticize in different Romance languages.
- The preposition cliticizes with the following noun phrase in rapid speech.