Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. Introductory remarks on cliticization -- 1.2. Background assumptions -- 2. PROLEGOMENA TO A THEORY OF CLITICIZATION -- 2.1. Types of clitics -- 2.2. Phonological aspects of cliticization -- 2.3. A prosodic theory of cliticization -- 2.4. Summary -- Notes to Chapter 2 -- 3. THE PHONOLOGY OF DUTCH CLITICIZATION -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Dutch clitics -- 3.3. The syntax of Dutch in a nut-shell -- 3.4. Dutch clitics and voicing phenomena -- 3.5. Schwa reduction in Dutch cliticization -- 3.6. N in hiatus -- 3.7. Conclusion -- Notes to Chapter 3 -- 4. CLITIC PHONOLOGY IN OTHER LANGUAGES -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Cliticization, lexical and post-lexical processes -- 4.3. Prosodic structure and cliticization -- 4.4. Phonological processes and cliticization -- 4.5. Conclusion -- Notes to Chapter 4 -- 5. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.