In most languages we find 'little words' which resemble a full word, but which cannot stand on their own. Instead they have to 'lean on' a neighbouring word, like the 'd, 've and unstressed 'em of Kim'd've helped'em ('Kim would have helped them&...

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Main Author:	Spencer, Andrew (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2012
Series:	Cambridge textbooks in linguistics
Subjects:	Grammatik Grammar, Comparative and general / Clitics Klitisierung Einführung
Online Access:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Summary:	In most languages we find 'little words' which resemble a full word, but which cannot stand on their own. Instead they have to 'lean on' a neighbouring word, like the 'd, 've and unstressed 'em of Kim'd've helped'em ('Kim would have helped them'). These are clitics, and they are found in most of the world's languages. In English the clitic forms appear in the same place in the sentence that the full form of the word would appear in but in many languages clitics obey quite separate rules of placement. This book is the first introduction to clitics, providing a complete summary of their properties, their uses, the reasons why they are of interest to linguists and the various theoretical approaches that have been proposed for them. The book describes a whole host of clitic systems and presents data from over 100 languages
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:	1 Online Ressource (xviii, 369 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781139033763
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9781139033763