What is an anaphoric clitic?

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

Source:

Payne, T. 1997a 43

See also
	What is a clitic? (Grammar)

Context for this page:

Concept module: anaphoric clitic
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In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
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