Re: THEORY: Auxiliaries
| From: | Jean-François Colson <bn130627@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, January 2, 2003, 12:13 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tristan" <kesuari@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: Auxiliaries
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> I doubt I'd know a clitic if it jumped up and bit me
[...]
The problem is that you forgot the beginning of the word. An enclitic (in
French: un enclitique) is a dull word which has the property to take support
on a preceding word, carrying tone, and which is linked with it in the
pronunciation.
Some examples in French:
"ce" in "est-ce" [Es] (= is that)
"je" in "puis-je" [pj<rnd>iZ] (= can I)
Jean-François Colson
jfcolson (a) belgacom.net
PS: Are the messages archived somewhere?
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