Re: USAGE: Circumfixes

Mark L. wrote:

"Latin -que is called an enclitic because it's attached to the end of
another word, like a suffix. It would be called a proclitic if it were
attached to the beginning of another word, like a prefix."

So why not just call it 'prefix' or 'suffix'?

Or do clitics work like Henrik described?:

"[C]litics work on clause level, not on word level, although, phonetically,
they attach to words and cannot be used as an isolated word. In this sense,
both English 'the' and Latin '-que' work on clause level, but need another
word to attach to phonetically."

Trebor.

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