B) Compare the underlined phrases in definition a. What is specific about the notion of identity?
c)
Compare the entry from an E-E dictionary (The Longman Dictionary of
Contemporary English) with the E-R entry (taken from Lingvo).
d)
In what way are the definitions different? Do you think there is an
equivalent for identity
in Russian?
e)
Lingvo
gives the word sameness
as a synonym to identity.
Read the Longman English definition of sameness
and
say what the difference between these two words is. Can they be used
interchangeably?
sameness
[uncountable] a
boring lack of variety, or the quality of being very similar to
something else.
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