Is there a qualitative and/or quantitative difference between the following two statements?
both sound quantitative to me: ‘I am depressed’ seems to imply either a state of depression from a continuum from happy to sad. Can be measured by comparing other statements like ‘I am happy’, ‘I am moderately depressed’, ‘I am very sad’. It can also be a statement of two discrete variables, the individual will either say ‘I am depressed’ or ‘I am not depressed’. ‘I have depression’ has the same implication as the two discrete variable explanation. Either ‘I have depression’ or ‘I don’t have depression (but i have something else)’. Both statements can be quantitatively measured. ————————————–… For qualitative assessment, it is difficult but not entirely impossible. You can use linguistic analysis. ‘I am depressed’ –> Pronoun (I), Verb (be), Adjective (depress[ed]). The adjective describes the subject (the speaker) as being depressed. The speaker seems to be using the word ‘depressed’ to describe himself. i.e. The speaker and the state of depression is one unit
