The sentence “They saw her duck.” is ambiguous due to( ).
The sentence “They saw her duck.” is ambiguous due to( ).
A、grammatical context
B、lexical context
C、antonymy
D、homonymy
【正确答案】:D
【题目解析】:本题考查同形同音异义关系也是引起歧义的原因之一。duck有两种理解方式,一种是指鸭子。一种是指躲开。题中的句子,如果要消除歧义,需要语境的改变,可将原句改为:They saw her duck swimming in the river.(他们看见她的鸭子在河里游泳。)所以本题选D。
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