ABSTRACT
In this paper, we propose a semantic and pragmatic analysis of the Brazilian Portuguese item ‘também’ (also) as an additive particle. In order to do so, we first identify some of the different uses of ‘também’, and then we isolate its use as an additive particle. Next we compare ‘também’ with the English ‘too’, which shows similar behavior in relation to the additive use. We then present the insights and analyzes found in some previous works and analyze in more detail the advantages and disadvantages of the theory proposed by Amsili and Beyssade (2010AMSILI, P.; BEYSSADE, C. Obligatory presupposition in discourse. In: BENZ, A.; KUEHNLEIN, P.; SIDNER, C. (org.). Constraints in Discourse 2. Amsterdam: Benjamins Publishers, 2010. p. 105-123. Disponível em: http://www.linguist.univ-paris-diderot.fr/~amsili/docs/amsili09_pcid_proof. Acesso em: 1 mar. 2021.
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, 2013AMSILI, P.; BEYSSADE, C. Beyond obligatory presuppositions. In: INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF LINGUISTS, 19., 2013, Geneva. Proceedings, Geneva, 2013. Disponível em: http://www.linguist.univ-paris-diderot.fr/~amsili/talks/slides_amsili13_cil.pdf. Acesso em: 1 mar. 2021.
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) on the additive particles ‘too’ in English and ‘aussi’ in French, when applied to the item ‘também’ in Brazilian Portuguese. We therefore propose, in contrast to Amsili and Beyssade (2010AMSILI, P.; BEYSSADE, C. Obligatory presupposition in discourse. In: BENZ, A.; KUEHNLEIN, P.; SIDNER, C. (org.). Constraints in Discourse 2. Amsterdam: Benjamins Publishers, 2010. p. 105-123. Disponível em: http://www.linguist.univ-paris-diderot.fr/~amsili/docs/amsili09_pcid_proof. Acesso em: 1 mar. 2021.
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, 2013AMSILI, P.; BEYSSADE, C. Beyond obligatory presuppositions. In: INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF LINGUISTS, 19., 2013, Geneva. Proceedings, Geneva, 2013. Disponível em: http://www.linguist.univ-paris-diderot.fr/~amsili/talks/slides_amsili13_cil.pdf. Acesso em: 1 mar. 2021.
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), an analysis of ‘também’ as an additive particle whose function is to create lists, based on the work of Zhang (2015)ZHANG, L. Decomposing English particles and and or. In: ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NORTH EAST LINGUISTIC SOCIETY, 45., 2015, Cambridge, Mass. Proceedings, Cambridge, 2015. v. 3. p. 261-270. Disponível em: http://semanticsarchive.net/Archive/ThhN2Y2O/Zhang_2015_AndOr_NELS45.pdf. Acesso em: 1 mar. 2021.
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, which accounts for the problems we detected in the analysis by Amsili and Beyssade (2010AMSILI, P.; BEYSSADE, C. Obligatory presupposition in discourse. In: BENZ, A.; KUEHNLEIN, P.; SIDNER, C. (org.). Constraints in Discourse 2. Amsterdam: Benjamins Publishers, 2010. p. 105-123. Disponível em: http://www.linguist.univ-paris-diderot.fr/~amsili/docs/amsili09_pcid_proof. Acesso em: 1 mar. 2021.
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, 2013AMSILI, P.; BEYSSADE, C. Beyond obligatory presuppositions. In: INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF LINGUISTS, 19., 2013, Geneva. Proceedings, Geneva, 2013. Disponível em: http://www.linguist.univ-paris-diderot.fr/~amsili/talks/slides_amsili13_cil.pdf. Acesso em: 1 mar. 2021.
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KEYWORDS
additive particle; presupposition; semantics; pragmatics