The following are linguistic factors that cause the change of word meaning EXCEPT( ).
A、analogy
B、psychological motives
C、the influx of borrowings
D、shortening a phrase to one word
【正确答案】:B
【题目解析】:本题考查词义变化的语言因素。词义发生变化的原因包括:语言因素和非语言因素。其中语言因素包括:一个词组缩短成一个词(shortening a phrase to one word);大量借词的涌入(the influx of borrowings);类比(analogy);非语言因素包括:历史原因(historical reason);阶级原因(class reason);心理原因(psychological reason)。故B选项符合题意。