Focus Particle ‘Also’ (Feature 106)
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Feature Annotation
Here, we are interested in the position of a particle that corresponds to the English alsoor too. The function of such particles is to focus on a certain constituent. In this feature, the focus should be limited to a noun phrase or prepositional phrase. Focus on verbs involves additional complexity and is disregarded in this feature.
The focus particle indicates that its referent is added to a previously mentioned set of referents. For example: John and Lea came to my party; Mary too came. Here Mary is the focused element.
Additional remarks
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Values
| Value | Value Annotation | |
| 1 | Before the focused element | Immediately preceding: Chinuk Wawa Pi Sáli yáka cáku [also Sally 3sg come] 'Sally came, too.' ("Also Sally came.") |
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| 2 | After the focused element | Immediately following: Nigerian Pidgin Dèm chop gàri tù.‘They ate gari too’; Principense Èli bê we lala. [he also went there]; Papia Kristang Maria tamíng já beng káza sédu. [Mary too PFV come house early] ‘Mary too came home early.’ |
| 3 | Not adjacent to the focused element | Haitian Creole Tout moun pral nan sinema, m prale tou [all people go to movies, I go too] 'Everyone goes to the movies, I go there too.' (tou not adjacent to m) |
| 4 | Other | (Please give details in the “General comments” field.) |
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