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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Main Author: Glenda Lizárraga Navarro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: El Colegio de México, A.C. 2013-12-01
Series:Cuadernos de Lingüística de El Colegio de México
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Online Access:https://cuadernoslinguistica.colmex.mx/index.php/cl/article/view/9