@article{oai:kansaigaidai.repo.nii.ac.jp:00006221, author = {鈴木, 保子 and Suzuki, Yasuko}, journal = {研究論集, Journal of Inquiry and Research}, month = {Mar}, note = {論文, ARTICLE, This paper discusses contracted forms or what Zwicky (1977) terms `simple clitics' that are found in the Old English alliterative verse Beowulf. The most frequent is cliticization of the negative particle to the following verb, e.g. naes `not-was' (< ne naes), nis `not-is' (< ne is), nolde `not-would' (< ne wolde). Other examples include the verb-pronoun sequence wen'ic `think-I'(< wene ic), and the conjunction-particle sequence patte `that-which'(