That landlord means differently in western countries and in China shows that()context has some effect on the meaning of words.
A、grammatical
B、lexical
C、linguistic
D、extra-linguistic
【正确答案】:D
【题目解析】:在中国文化中,landlord是地主,拥有大土地,不劳动,靠收租子剥削人过日子,通常带有贬义。相比之下,在西方国家,该词的外延有所不同,而且是个中性词,其最常用的词义为“房东”。这就是我们说的非语言语境。答案为D。