单选题 According to the passage, which of the following assumptions would the "nomenclaturist" most likely agree with?
  • (A) The seamlessness of reality complicates the notion of linguistic categories, such that those categories must be questioned.
  • (B) The experience of reality largely varies from that of the experience of language, weakening the reliability of both experiences.
  • (C) Ideas invariably precede, in their existence and meaning, the language that subsequently articulates them.
  • (D) Language, although capable of developing categories, can never articulate more than particular instances.
  • (E) The meaning of a word is not fixed historically, and may evolve over time due to a variety of factors.


【正确答案】 C
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