Today, Most Linguists Do Not Agree with Benjamin Lee Whorf's

question 323

Multiple Choice

Today, most linguists do not agree with Benjamin Lee Whorf's linguistic relativity hypothesis and instead argue that language ___________ the basic aspects of perception and thought.

• A)undermines
• B)merely reflects
• C)determines
• D)establishes

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Definitions:

Type II Error

The error that occurs when a false null hypothesis is not rejected, implying a miss in detecting an actual effect or difference.

Highly Significant

A statistical term indicating that the results observed are very unlikely to have occurred by chance alone, often used for results with very low p-values.

Statistical Significance

Indicates that the probability of the observed results occurring under the null hypothesis is low, suggesting the results are not due to random chance.

Probability

A measure of the chance or likelihood that a certain event will occur, often quantified as a fraction or percentage.