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--- clitics [2020/08/01 13:06] – [Clitics in Nûrlâm] morgoth
+++ clitics [2022/07/21 17:14] (current) – separate spelling explained morgoth
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   * Short [[grammar_adjective|adjectives]], [[proform|pro-adjectives]] and [[pronouns#possessive_pronouns|possessive pronouns]] attached to noun without any grammar function but retaining [[syntax_determiner|determiner]] function in syntax.
   * [[pronouns#demonstrative_pronouns|Demonstrative pronouns]] attached to [[grammar_noun|noun]] as definite articles.
-  * Definite article //-um// (may be treated as particularizing suffix).
+  * Definite article //-um// (however may be treated as particularizing suffix).
 Only short single-syllable words become clitic.
+Since clitics often pronounced separately in colloquial speech, and were used instead of proper [[suffix_inflectional|inflectional]] (grammatical) suffixes, they became one of main reasons of shifting from [[morphology#morphological_typology_of_nurlam|agglutinative]] to [[syntax_analytic|analytical]] style of language.
+==== Concatenation vs. Separate spelling ====
+{{page>include:concatenation}}

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