TY  - CONF
A1  - Putten, Saskia van
T1  - The meaning of the avatime additive particle tsyɛ
N2  - Avatime, a Kwa language of Ghana, has an additive particle tsyɛ that at first sight looks similar to additive particles such as too and also in English. However, on closer inspection, the Avatime particle behaves differently. Contrary to what is usually claimed about additive particles, tsyɛ does not only associate with focused elements. Moreover, unlike its English equivalents, tsyɛ does not come with a requirement of identity between the expressed proposition and an alternative. Instead, it indicates that the proposition it occurs in is similar to or compatible with a presupposed alternative proposition.
KW  - additive particle
KW  - focus particle
KW  - contrast
KW  - Kwa languages
Y1  - 2013
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/6379
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-66081
ER  -