Good evening, afternoon, or morning to you, people of r/conlangs. Today's Saturday, and that means it's time for another typological paper! Once again, there will be some prompts for you to discuss in the comments.
Morphology in the wrong place: A survey of preposed enclitics (Cysouw)
This week's paper is another one submitted by u/PyrolatrousCoagulate! It talks about a certain phenomenon related to morphology, viz. preposed enclitics. In this week's edition you can talk about how your language handles clitics, and since every language handles them differently, you're free to use your own (convincing) definitions. If you really have no clue what a clitic is, you can check out this short paper to get a rough overview. Now onto the prompts:
- Does your language distinguish between clitics and affixes?
- Are there ditropic clitics in your language?
- Are there any other types of morphemes besides those two?
- How does the distinction between clitics and affixes manifest phonologically and/or syntactically?
- Which grammatical categories are encoded by clitics, and which by affixes?
Remember to try to comment on other people's languages
Submit your papers here!
So, that's about it for this week's edition. See you next Saturday, and happy conlanging!