【正确答案】Componential analysis is a way of analyzing word meaning based on the belief that the meaning of a word is not an unanalysable whole. A word can be divided into semantic components, which are called semantic features. It is claimed by showing the semantic components of a word in with positive and negative signs to indicate whether a certain semantic feature is present or absent in the meaning of a word, we may better account for sense relations.

【答案解析】[解析] 此题考查的是考生对成分分析法的理解。一些语言学家建议说词义并非不可分析的整体，它可以被看作由不同语义特征组成的复合体，有比词更小的语义单位，即语义特征。通过用正负号来表示语义特征的存在与缺失。通过这样的方式我们可以更好地解释语义关系。这就是成分分析法。