The meaning of the avatime additive particle tsyɛ

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.

Metadaten
Verfasserangaben:	Saskia van Putten
URN:	urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-66081
Publikationstyp:	Konferenzveröffentlichung
Sprache:	Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr:	2013
Veröffentlichende Institution:	Universität Potsdam
Datum der Freischaltung:	13.06.2013
Freies Schlagwort / Tag:	Kwa languages; additive particle; contrast; focus particle
Quelle:	Universität Potsdam / Schriftenreihen / Interdisciplinary studies on information structure : ISIS ; working papers of the SFB 632, ISSN 1866-4725 / ISIS (2013) 17 / S. 75-97
RVK - Regensburger Verbundklassifikation:	ER 300
Organisationseinheiten:	Zentrale und wissenschaftliche Einrichtungen / Sonderforschungsbereich 632 - Informationsstruktur
DDC-Klassifikation:	4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache
Sammlung(en):	Universität Potsdam / Schriftenreihen / Interdisciplinary studies on information structure : ISIS ; working papers of the SFB 632, ISSN 1866-4725 / ISIS (2013) 17
Lizenz (Deutsch):	Keine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz