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Enclitics originated in ancient Greek. In Greek grammar, enclitics were words that could not stand alone and had to be attached to the end of another word. They typically served as pronouns, particles, or other grammatical elements. Over time, enclitics became common in other Indo-European languages such as Latin and Sanskrit.
In modern languages, enclitics are found in a variety of grammatical contexts and can convey a wide range of meanings. They can function as pronouns (e.g., "me" in "give me the book"), question particles (e.g., "isn't" in "isn't it a beautiful day?"), grammatical markers (e.g., the definite article "-the" in "the dog"), or even entire words (e.g., "gonna" in "I'm gonna go").
Some common examples of enclitics in English include:
In linguistics, enclitics are distinguished from proclitics, which are grammatical elements that are added to the beginning of a word or phrase.
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