What is motivation? Does the theory of motivation contradict that of “arbitrariness" and "conventionality" concerning the relationship between linguistic symbols and their senses?Why or why not?
【正确答案】：Motivation accounts for the connection between the linguistic symbol and its meaning.No, it doesn't. As we know, the relationship between the word-form and meaning is conventional and arbitrary, and most words can be said to be non-motivated. That is, the connection of the sign and meaning does not have a logical explanation.Nevertheless, English does have words whose meanings can be explained to a certain extent.
