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clitic vs morpheme

morpheme vs clitic

clitic and morpheme both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
clitic Yes No No No
morpheme Yes No No No
As nouns, morpheme is a hypernym of clitic; that is, morpheme is a word with a broader meaning than clitic:
  • clitic: a word that is treated in pronunciation as forming a part of a neighboring word and that is often unaccented or contracted.
  • morpheme: minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units
clitic (noun) morpheme (noun)
a word that is treated in pronunciation as forming a part of a neighboring word and that is often unaccented or contracted. minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units
Difference between clitic and morpheme

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