Re: [字彙] 想請教一題閱讀
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The common belief of some linguists that each language is a perfect
vehicle for the thoughts of the nation speaking it is in some ways,
the exact counterpart of the conviction of the Manchester school of
economics that supply and demand will regulate everything for the
best. Just as economists were blind to the numerous cases in which
the law of supply and demand left actual wants unsatisfied, so also
many linguists are deaf to those instances in which the very nature
of a language calls forth misunderstandings in everyday conversation,
and in which, consequently, a word has to be modified or defined in
order to present the idea intended by the speaker: "He took his stick
—no, not John's, but his own." No language is perfect, and if we
admit this truth, we must also admit that it is not unreasonable to
investigate the relative merits of different languages or of different
details in languages.
13-14:
...speaker: "He took his stick - no, not John's, but his own." No language
is perfect,...
Qestion:
The misunderstanding presented by the author in lines 13-14 (the lines above)
is similar to which of the following?
I. X uses the word "you" to refer to a group, but Y thinks that X is referring
to one person only.
II. X mistakenly uses the word "anomaly" to refer to a typical example, but Y
knows that "anomaly" means "exception."
III. X uses the word "bachelor" to mean "unmarried man", but Y mistakenly
thinks that bachelor means "unmarried woman."
(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) III only
(D) I and II only
(E) II and III only
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