The sentence “The ball was attractive” is ambiguous due to( ).
The sentence “The ball was attractive” is ambiguous due to( ).
A、grammatical structure
B、lexical context
C、homonymy
D、polysemy
【正确答案】:C
【题目解析】:题干中的句子有歧义是因为ball有不同的意义,一指“球”,一指“舞会”。做“球”意时,词源来自英语beallu,做“舞会”意时,词源来自法语baller。对于词源不同的,属于同音同形异义关系;而词源相同的则属于多义关系,故此处选C。
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