cliticizes
/ˈklɪtɪsaɪzɪz/
verb
- To attach a clitic (a short word that depends on a neighboring word) to another word in pronunciation or writing.
- In English, we often cliticizes 'not' to form contractions like 'don't'.
- The linguist explained how speakers cliticizes pronouns onto verbs in casual speech.
- When you cliticizes 'am' to 'I', you get the contraction 'I'm'.