enclisisn.
/ˈɛnklɪsɪs/ Grammar.
Pronunciation as an enclitic; the transference of accentuation to a previous word.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [noun] > accent > stress accent > stressed or unstressed word or syllable > clitic > transference of stress to preceding word
inclination1822
encliticism1879
enclisis1885
1885 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 6 218 Retaining the convenient terms orthotonesis and enclisis to designate this alternating accent.
1949 Archivum Linguisticum 1 169 The expanded or composite form, which results from enclisis with members of the paradigm of the third personal pronoun.
1963 in A. Brown & P. G. Foote Early Eng. & Norse Studies 134 An unusual postpositive use of the article, though with no suggestion of enclisis as in Scandinavian.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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