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What does enclisis mean?

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Noun
  1. (linguistics) The use of enclitics in the syntax of a language.
  2. (linguistics) A specific instance of the usage of an enclitic.
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In general, enclisis is limited to singular kinship nouns, but it is also found with plural nouns in some central Italian dialects.
With respect to the host, in OI there was greater enclisis with finite verb forms and proclisis was allowed with aflirmative informai imperatives.

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