[Lingtyp] Keystone literature on clitic vs suffix distinction

[David Inman]

Thanks to everyone who replied to me. For others looking into the
phenomenon, here is a list of the most-recommended papers:

Zwicky and Pullum. 1983. Cliticization vs. Inflection: English n't

Haspelmath, Martin. 2011. Indeterminacy of word segmentation

Bermúdez-Otero, Ricardo, and John Payne. 2011. There are no special clitics.

Spencer, A. and Luís, A. 2012. The canonical clitic, chapter form
Canonical morphology and syntax.

Haspelmath, Martin. 2015. Defining vs. diagnosing linguistic categories: A
case study of clitic phenomena.

Tallman, Adam. 2017. There are no special clitics in Chácobo (Pano)



David Inman
PhD Candidate
University of Washington Linguistics

On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 12:38 PM, David Inman <davinman at uw.edu> wrote:

> I am working on a paper that is related to the distinction between affixes
> and clitics and want to make sure I have covered the key literature. What
> are the cornerstones covering the clitic/affix distinction that folks would
> recommend I start with?
>
> David Inman
> PhD Candidate
> University of Washington Linguistics
>
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