clitics

clitics
adj. closely linkedin pronunciation with a function word having no independent accent n. function word that is unstressed and pronounced as part of the neighboring word, word which has no independent accent and comes only in combination with another word (e.g.:'m in I'm; 'em in we see 'em )

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