Clitics

In most languages we find ''little words'' which resemble a full word, but which cannot stand on their own. Instead they have to ''lean on'' a neighbouring word, like the ''d, ''ve and unstressed ''em of Kim''d''ve helped''em (''Kim would have helped them''). These are clitics, and they are found in most of the world''s languages. In English the clitic forms appear in the same place in the sentenc...