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.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:Potsdam/oai:kobv.de-opus-ubp:6608 |
| Date | January 2013 |
| Creators | Putten, Saskia van |
| Publisher | Universität Potsdam, Wissenschaftliche Einrichtungen. Sonderforschungsbereich 632 - Informationsstruktur |
| Source Sets | Potsdam University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | InProceedings |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Universität Potsdam / Schriftenreihen / Interdisciplinary studies on information structure : ISIS ; working papers of the SFB 632, ISSN 1866-4725 / ISIS (2013) 17 / S. 75-97 |
| Rights | http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/doku/urheberrecht.php |
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