Same but different

• Autores: Daniel Hardt, Line Mikkelsen
• Localización: Linguistics and philosophy, ISSN 0165-0157, Vol. 38, Nº 4, 2015, págs. 289-314
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In this paper, we argue that same is fundamentally different from different, in that same imposes a discourse condition on eventualities, while different compares individuals. This difference has not been noted in previous literature. Furthermore, in the literature on same, there has been a persistent puzzle about the contribution of the definite article with which same must co-occur. We show that this puzzle is resolved once the contribution of same is adjusted to apply to eventualities: then the definite article can be interpreted in the usual way, as generating a presupposition about individuals