【正确答案】：
CONCATENATION, MEANING "LINKING TOGETHER", IS THE SEMANTIC PROCESS IN WHICH THE MEANING OF A WORD MOVES GRADUALLY AWAY FROM ITS FIRST SENSE BY SUCCESSIVE SHIFTS UNTIL, IN MANY CASES, THERE IS NOT A SIGN OF CONNECTION BETWEEN THE SENSE THAT IS FINALLY DEVELOPED AND THAT WHICH THE TERM HAD AT THE BEGINNING.
【题目解析】：本题考查的是词义发展的两种模式。连锁即连接在一起，连锁型是词义发生关联变化的过程。在这个过程中，一个词的词义逐渐从原始意义连续转化，以至在很多情况下，后起的义项与原始意义已没有任何联系。