[Lingtyp] Morphologically complex clitics?

[Guillaume Jacques]

Dear Florian,

Ancient Greek enclitic verb forms such as ἐιμι "I am" or φημι "I say" could
be examples of what you are looking for, since they include at least two
morphemes, a verb stem  (ἐι-  φη-) followed by the 1sg suffix -μι.

Guillaume

Le mar. 30 mars 2021 à 13:36, <florian.matter at isw.unibe.ch> a écrit :

> Dear all,
>
> I am looking for examples of morphologically complex clitics — i.e.,
> g-words that a) do not form their own p-words and b) consist of multiple
> morphemes. Below are some of the few examples I have found. In (1-2), it is
> an encliticized copula which carries person inflection. In (3), the verb
> complex consists of a finite verb, a converb, and an auxiliary, each their
> own g-word. Both the finite verb and the auxiliary are inflected for first
> person and therefore morphologically complex.
>
> (1) Trió (Cariban)
>     əmamina-nə=pəə*=w-a-e*
>     play-INF=occ.with=1Sa-be-NPST.CERT
>     'I am playing' (Meira 1999: 180)
>
> (2) Ecuadorian Quechua
>     paj  mana wasi-bi=t͡ʃu*=ga-n*
>     3PRO NEG  house-LOC=NEG=be-3
>     'S/he is not at home.' (Muysken 2010: 197)
>
> (3) Nangikurrunggurr (Southern Daly)
>     jawul karicinmade *ŋebem=*wuɹic*=ŋiɹim*                catma
>     spear bent        1SG.S.bash.PRS=fix=1SG.S.sit.PRS straight
>     'I'm sitting straightening this bent spear.' (Reid 2003: 114)
>
> I am grateful for any further examples of such patterns, or references to
> literature on morphologically complex clitics.
>
> Best,
> Florian
>
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