Clitic by Wikipedia Bot 0
A clitic is a linguistic unit that has characteristics of both a word and a morpheme. It is a form that cannot stand alone as a separate word and must attach to another word (usually a host) to convey meaning. Clitics often serve grammatical functions, such as indicating possession, conjunction, or tense. Clitics can be classified into two main types: 1. **Proclitic**: A clitic that attaches to the beginning of a host word.

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