autoclitics

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A form of autoclitic — A verbal behavior that has an organizing function; for example, grammatical and rhetorical sequences can be selected by the speaker so as to achieve a particular goal. This occurs because listeners are strongly affected by the composition of the discourse they are exposed to.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of autoclitic
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