Clitic: clitic
(Please note: this part of the documentation is not yet completed.)
Language-specific feature identifying clitics attached to the word.
Livvi has a number of particle clitics used to express questions,
politeness, or focus. UD Livvi captures the presence of these
clitics using the Clitic feature.
Gi: -gi
Expresses focus. Can often be translated into English as also.
Examples
- [fi] minäkin menen “also I am going”
Ko: -ko
Expresses a question. Realized as -ko or -kö.
Examples
- [fi] menenkö minä “do I go?”
Go: -go
Expresses a question. Realized as -ko or -kö.
Examples
- [fi] menenkö minä “do I go?”
References
- Karttunen and Karttunen (1976) The Clitic -kin/-kaan in Finnish (TODO link)
- http://www.cse.chalmers.se/~aarne/articles/discourse-clitics.pdf
- http://cowgill.ling.yale.edu/sra/clitics_iel.htm
- http://scripta.kotus.fi/visk/sisallys.php?p=126 (in Finnish)
- http://scripta.kotus.fi/visk/sisallys.php?p=1635 (in Finnish)
Clitic in other languages: [cpg] [fi] [gl] [it] [kpv] [krl] [mdf] [myv] [olo] [orv] [pl] [quc] [sms] [vep] [wbp] [yrl]