Concept: tautotic clause

Definition

A tautotic clause is a °clause that expresses the identity of what appear to be two individuals known by different °names.

Comments

An example is "Dr. Jekyll is Mr. Hyde". The term was introduced in Haspelmath (2025) (on the basis of Greek tautótēs 'identity'), for what is elsewhere called "equative clause" (e.g. Mikkelsen 2011: 1806).

Sources
Haspelmath 2025; Mikkelsen 2011