Definition
An anaphoric clitic is a morphologically bound morpheme that:
- refers to a previously mentioned constituent, and
- fills the position of a noun phrase in a clause and is in complementary distribution with full noun phrases.
Examples
(Yagua, Peru)
The anaphoric clitic sa- is a bound morpheme that can only appear immediately before the verb stem. It is in complementary distribution with noun phrases.
- sa - mura7@a7@y
3SG-sing - manungo mura7@a7@y
Manungo sings - *manungo sa - mura7@a7@y
Sources 1
- Payne, T. 1997a, 43