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What is the difference between も and また?

Context: 山田もまたパーティーに 来ます。

So, も means "too" and the one meaning of また is also "too". What's the
difference between these two words and why they were used together in that
sentence?
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What does this もまた mean?
In this context も means "as well", it's an addition to a list.

On this other hand, また means "again", it indicates a repetition.
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This sentence is technically ambiguous; また can mean either "also" or "again"
here. Assuming the meaning of "again" is not intended, もまた is a literary,
emphatic and/or dramatic way of saying "also".

For example, one can say:

  * 彼もまた人間なのです。  
He too is a human being.

  * それもまた人生だ。  
That's also (a form of) life.  
(i.e., People's lives are varied.)

もまた is not redundant at all if used this way.

However, I can feel nothing dramatic or didactic in 山田もまたパーティーに来ます, so this
もまた looks a little awkward to me. Maybe the speaker had a good reason to
emphasize the "(not only someone but) also" part, or maybe this また just means
"again".
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