Anaphoric Clitic
Anaphoric Clitic
An anaphoric clitic is a morphologically bound morpheme that:
- refers to a previously mentioned constituent, and
- fills the position of a noun phrase in a clause and is in complementary distribution with full noun phrases.
(Yagua, Peru)
The anaphoric clitic sa- is a bound morpheme that can only appear immediately before the verb stem. It is in complementary distribution with noun phrases.
- sa - mura7@a7@y
3SG-sing - manungo mura7@a7@y
Manungo sings - *manungo sa - mura7@a7@y
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Source: Payne, T. 1997a
Payne, Thomas E. (1997) .Describing morphosyntax: A guide for field linguists. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press.
Related terms
- RT⇆ Bound Morpheme
- RT⇆ Clitic (Grammar)
- ExactMatch: https://glossary.sil.org/term/anaphoric-clitic
