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morpheme vs clitic

clitic vs morpheme

morpheme and clitic both are nouns.

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

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