Decomposing same.

Motivated by the cross-linguistic connection between same and scalar equatives, this paper proposes an explicit equative-like syntax and semantics of the same-construction by decomposing same into an equation head -eqtv (parameter marker) and an identity predicate ident (parameter). This move not only provides a novel way of unifying the internal and external uses of same under a compositional account, but also further sheds light on why same differs from other relational adjectives in terms of the licensing conditions for the internal use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]