题目
The word "laconic" is ______.A. onomatopoeically motivatedB. morphologically motivatedC. semantically motivatedD. etymologically motivated
The word "laconic" is ______.
A. onomatopoeically motivated
B. morphologically motivated
C. semantically motivated
D. etymologically motivated
题目解答
答案
D. etymologically motivated
解析
单词 "laconic" 的词源可以追溯到古希腊的拉科尼亚(Laconia)地区,该地区的人以简洁、简短的说话方式著称。因此,"laconic" 一词的形成是基于其词源,即它来源于一个特定的历史和文化背景,这使得它属于词源学动机(etymologically motivated)。