接せつ語ごせつごMeanings1nouncliticlinguisticsLinguistics term for a word that is phonologically dependent on an adjacent word, such as English 's or Japanese particles like は and が.日本にほん語ごの助じょ詞しは接せつ語ごの一いっ種しゅと見みなされることがある。Japanese particles are sometimes considered a type of clitic.