The word like airmail is a(n)（ ）word, since one can
figure out its meaning from each morpheme of the word.
A、onomatopoeically-motivated
B、morphologically-motivated
C、semantically-motivated
D、etymologically-motivated
【正确答案】：B
【题目解析】：复合词和派生词是多语素词，而且其中大多数词的意义是组合词素的总和。即，假如一个人知道每一词素的意义，即词缀或词干， 他便能推导出该词的意义，这就是形态理据的意义。例如airmail（航空邮件）意指“用航空邮寄”。
