The sentence "The fish is ready to eat" is ambiguous due to( )
The sentence "The fish is ready to eat" is ambiguous due to( )
A、extra-linguistic context
B、grammatical context
C、lexical context
D、homonymy
【正确答案】:B
【题目解析】:多义词出现在不完整的语境中,歧义就出现了。The fish is ready to eat.这句话可理解为“鱼做好了,可以吃了”或“鱼准备好吃食物了”。但是假如说 What a nice smell! The fish is ready to eat. 那么鱼一定是做好可以吃了。
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