Clitics An Introduction 1st Edition by Andrew Spencer, Ana R Luis ISBN 0521864283 9780521864282

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ISBN 10: 0521864283

ISBN 13: 9780521864282 

Author: Andrew Spencer, Ana R. Luis

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.

• Provides a basic overview of clitics as well as a useful starting point for further research
• Offers a theory-neutral survey of clitics, including phonological, morphological and syntactic aspects
• Includes a summary of the conceptual and theoretical issues raised by clitic systems

Table of contents:

1. Preliminaries
2. The functions of clitics
3. Types of clitic system
4. Clitics and phonology
5. Clitics and morphology
6. Clitics and syntax
7. Clitics, affixes and words
8. Approaches to clitics
9. Envoi.

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