Comparative Concept: token identity (inf)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
token identity (inf)
Typ | information packaging |
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Alias(se) | token identity |
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two referents are the same individual. Example: in I picked up a red candy and gave it to Greg, the referent of it is the same individual as the referent of a red candy. Contrasts with type identity. (Section 5.4)