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autoclitic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
au-to-clitic
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A verbal behavior that has an organizing function; for example, grammatical and rhetorical sequences can be selected by the speaker so as to achieve a particular goal. This occurs because listeners are strongly affected by the composition of the discourse they are exposed to.

adj

Of or relating to this behavior.

Etymology

From auto- + clitic.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Linguistics.

Inflected Forms

autoclitics (plural)

Derived Forms

autoclitically

Questions

What does autoclitic mean?
A verbal behavior that has an organizing function; for example, grammatical and rhetorical sequences can be selected by the speaker so as to achieve a particular goal. This occurs because listeners are strongly affected by the composition of the discourse they are exposed to.
Where does autoclitic come from?
From auto- + clitic.

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