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Definition of Proclisis
1. Noun. (uncountable linguistics) The use of proclitics in the syntax of a language. ¹
2. Noun. (countable linguistics) A specific instance of the usage of a proclitic. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Proclisis
1. [n -CLISES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proclisis
Literary usage of Proclisis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Linguistics: A Concise Account of General and English Phonology by John Clark (1893)
"... these were at least helped towards proclisis by a desire to differentiate them
from the relatives o and r>, oi and a/' following their analogy; ..."
2. American Journal of Philology by Project Muse, JSTOR (Organization) (1907)
"This proclisis actually exist' not be overlooked, but it now appears to me mor
to regard it as a secondary than as a primary cai duction of these phenomena. ..."
3. Rhythm and Word-order in Anglo-Saxon and Semi-Saxon: With Special Reference by August Dahlstedt (1901)
"The development is quite natural, the phenomena working into each other like
cog-wheels: the preverbal order producing proclisis before the verb, ..."
4. Object-pronouns in Dependent Clauses by Winthrop Holt Chenery (1905)
"The later accentuation seems to be more favorable to the development of proclisis
... and towards proclisis, because to my mind it proves that there is no ..."
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