试题题干
Directions: Judge whether the following statement is true or false. Choose T for true or F for false. If you think the statement is false, you must explain why you think so and give the correct version.
Language is arbitrary by nature. And it is entirely arbitrary.
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试题解析
Language is arbitrary by nature. But it is not entirely arbitrary while refers to nature, there are words in every language that imitate natural sounds, such as rumble, crash, cackle and bang in English. Besides, some compound words are also not entirely arbitrary. 就其本性而言，语言具有任意性。但当语言的任意性涉及到自然时它并不完全是任意的，每种语言里都有模仿自然界声音的词汇，如英语中的rumble，crash，cackle，bang。除此以外一些复合词也不是完全具有任意性。