单选题 "What's in a name?
That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called" (Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2,43-45)
To what characteristics of language does Shakespeare refer?
  • A. Creativity.
  • B. Productivity.
  • C. Duality.
  • D. Arbitrariness.


【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] Arbitrariness是任意性,指一句话所表达的意思与表达这个意思的语音文字之间关系的不确定。莎士比亚在这段话中想表达的意思是玫瑰如果不叫rose气味依然香甜,罗密欧也是一样。