| The parameter of choosiness vs. promiscuity is crucial in differentiating the categories of word, affix, and clitic. |
| While the two variants carry similar meaning and phonological makeup, the special clitic is bound to a host word and unaccented. |
| The analysis is supported in spoken Dutch by the placement of clitic pronoun subjects. |
| Moreover, de is not truly a clitic because, unlike clitics, it is not attached to the beginning or end of a phrase or clause. |
| If the possessed object is plural, the clitic is e regardless of the gender. |
| In more prestigious varieties of Spanish, the clitic and object noun phrase are in complementary distribution. |
