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(New page: In morphosyntax, a '''host''' is an element to which a clitic attaches. ===Examples=== In ''That's good'', the host of the clitic '''s'' is the word ''that''. ===Polysemy=== Perhaps ...)
 
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Perhaps also sometimes used as a synonym of [[base]], i.e. as 'host of an affix or a morphological process'.
 
Perhaps also sometimes used as a synonym of [[base]], i.e. as 'host of an affix or a morphological process'.
  
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Revision as of 13:21, 1 August 2007

In morphosyntax, a host is an element to which a clitic attaches.

Examples

In That's good, the host of the clitic 's is the word that.

Polysemy

Perhaps also sometimes used as a synonym of base, i.e. as 'host of an affix or a morphological process'.

Other languages

German Wirt