Re: Pronoun Clitic Development in English?

ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote or quoted:

In English, "'s" is probably the go-to example of a
"real clitic". Based on your argument, "'em" would
give you another "real clitic" in English.

  "6.2.2 Weak or clitic pronouns?" in "A History of English Reflexives:
  from Old English into Early Modern English" (2006) - Rebecca Sinar
  mentions "'em" as a "weak form", not calling it a "clitic". This
  sections is mainly about whether OE pronouns can be called "clitic".

  So, I cannot find a source where your (Grimble's) observations
  were used to argue that "'em" is a real clitic in English.