People change word-meaning owing to various（ ）motives: love, res

People change word-meaning owing to various（ ）motives: love, respect, courtesy, suspicion, pessimism, sarcasm, irony, contempt, hatred, etc.
A、psychological
B、social
C、communicative
D、lexical
【正确答案】：A
【题目解析】：本题考查语义转变的非语言因素。人们因各种心理动机而改变词义：爱、尊重、礼貌、怀疑、悲观、嘲笑、讽刺、蔑视、仇恨等。