Focus clitics in Purepecha

This paper describes three clitics in purepecha, namely, =sï, =k’u and =t’u. It is argued that they are all focus par-ticles, since they highlight a set of alternatives. however, each of these elements has a specific semantics: while =sï is a contrastive focus marker, =k’u entails exclusion, and =t’...

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Autor: Lizárraga Navarro, Glenda
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Cuadernos de Lingüística de El Colegio de México
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.cuadernoslinguistica.colmex.mx:article/9
Acceso en línea:https://cuadernoslinguistica.colmex.mx/index.php/cl/article/view/9
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:additive particle
contrastive focus
clitics
Purepecha
partícula aditiva
foco contrastivo
clíticos
purépecha
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Sumario:This paper describes three clitics in purepecha, namely, =sï, =k’u and =t’u. It is argued that they are all focus par-ticles, since they highlight a set of alternatives. however, each of these elements has a specific semantics: while =sï is a contrastive focus marker, =k’u entails exclusion, and =t’u is an additive particle.